PHOTO: Jack Eichel gives Don Cherry USA Hockey shirt during Coach's Corner segment
Jack Eichel does not fear the outspoken Don Cherry.
During the first intermission of Game 3 between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Chicago Blackhawks, Cherry and co-host Ron MacLean held their 22nd annual sitdown with the NHL draft's top ranked prospects on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada."
After Cherry had Lawson Crouse, Mitchell Marner, Noah Hanifin, Dylan Strome, Connor McDavid, and Eichel talk about their interests in hockey and steps they took to improve in their young careers, Eichel presented Cherry with a USA Hockey golf shirt.
Eichel thanks @CoachsCornerCBC for all his support of USA Hockey with a gift in the SCF intermission pic.twitter.com/ayrZCor9Dx
— Over The Boards (@OTBPuckWatch) June 9, 2015
Cherry is Canadian so the gesture was a bit of a shot at Cherry, one that was met with many laughs.
Eichel is expected to be drafted second overall in the draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
Earlier in the day the prospects had the opportunity to meet with members of the Blackhawks including captain Jonathan Toews.
That awkward moment when Toews, McDavid, and Strome aren’t even the best players in the room pic.twitter.com/vgTSUjVsf7
— Hanifin The American (@Pulkkinen56) June 8, 2015