Don Cherry
Don Cherry
Donald Stewart "Don" Cherryis a Canadian ice hockey commentator for CBC Television. He is a sports writer, as well as a retired professional hockey player and NHL coach. Cherry co-hosts the "Coach's Corner" intermission segmenton the long-running Canadian sports program Hockey Night in Canada, and has also worked for ESPN in the United States as a commentator during the latter stages of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Nicknamed Grapes, he is a Canadian icon known for his outspoken manner, flamboyant dress,...
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth5 February 1934
CityKingston, Canada
I do like the centre-ice stuff when there's not the hooking and holding. I like that the trap is out. But we have to have a little sense in the other end. We just can't have players with clear sailing. We have to have a little battle in front of the net. That's my problem. The fans like it, though. They like the shootout and I like the shootout, I like the tag-up rule. All in all, it's good.
I think the people, the working-man people, made a statement here, that you don't have to be a college graduate to be a good Canadian.
Everyone knows everybody loves fights. They better start listening to the people who are at the game and pay the money than the twits upstairs who get in for free.
Everybody loves fights, ... The fans love it.
They're asking the wrong people. There's lots of people, I'm sure, who'd love to carry the flag in.