London, Ont., hockey moms and Don Cherry meet at centre ice in this London Free Press tale.
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Showing posts with label Don Cherry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Cherry. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Cherry and the pukes
Don Cherry is out-of-touch and misinformed on fighting in hockey, calling former NHL tough guys who are speaking out against fighting "pukes" on last night's Hockey Night in Canada broadcast. A sad misstep for an iconic Canadian hockey commentator.
Kids, never listen to this guy.
Kids, never listen to this guy.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Hockey's violent: Deal with it
Years ago, I was Steve Buffery's editor at a newspaper near Toronto. He's now a sports columnist with the Toronto Sun and weighs in with a column about the latest dustup about hockey hits and violence.
Not sure I entirely agree with him, but then again Steve prefers boxing and raised a daughter, not a minor hockey-playing son.
As a companion piece, I recommend Don Cherry's now iconic rant from last Saturday's Hockey Night in Canada Coach's Corner segment.
From a minor hockey perspective, I wonder if the Zdeno Chara hit is a lesson to organizers about what can happen when players of dramatically different body sizes share the ice. Just sayin'. You think maybe it's dangerous if players with size advantage don't have exceptional sportsmanship?
Not sure I entirely agree with him, but then again Steve prefers boxing and raised a daughter, not a minor hockey-playing son.
As a companion piece, I recommend Don Cherry's now iconic rant from last Saturday's Hockey Night in Canada Coach's Corner segment.
From a minor hockey perspective, I wonder if the Zdeno Chara hit is a lesson to organizers about what can happen when players of dramatically different body sizes share the ice. Just sayin'. You think maybe it's dangerous if players with size advantage don't have exceptional sportsmanship?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Russian celebration translated
Remember last week when the Russian juniors stunned Canada with five goals in the third period to win the gold medal at the world championship?
Many of us could imagine, but still wondered, exactly what the Russian teenagers were saying as they celebrated their win.
Well, thanks to the Cheap Seats blog, now we know.
Some of it goes like this:
"Wooooo! wooooo!"
"Bitch f**k!"
"Whore!"
"I won for you mom I won for you!! F**k!"
"Aaaahhhhhh!"
"Victory!!!"
"Victory of Russia!"
It's not much different from what Canadian kids say on the ice or in the dressing room or from their coaches. Of course, we'd like to think Canadians wouldn't use heavy profanity while starring into a TV camera.
Maybe Canadian female hockey players would - they did, after all, suck back some cold ones on the ice after winning the Olympic gold last winter in Vancouver.
Also chiming in on the behaviour of the Russia teens is Don Cherry, whose opinions on his Coach's Corner segment of Hockey Night in Canada are so revered in Canada that they generate news stories.
Cherry's thoughts about teenage drinking and rowdy behaviour is interesting since he's the guy who used to hang bags of beer outside the bus window to keep them cool during long road trips in the American Hockey League.
Many of us could imagine, but still wondered, exactly what the Russian teenagers were saying as they celebrated their win.
Well, thanks to the Cheap Seats blog, now we know.
Some of it goes like this:
"Wooooo! wooooo!"
"Bitch f**k!"
"Whore!"
"I won for you mom I won for you!! F**k!"
"Aaaahhhhhh!"
"Victory!!!"
"Victory of Russia!"
It's not much different from what Canadian kids say on the ice or in the dressing room or from their coaches. Of course, we'd like to think Canadians wouldn't use heavy profanity while starring into a TV camera.
Maybe Canadian female hockey players would - they did, after all, suck back some cold ones on the ice after winning the Olympic gold last winter in Vancouver.
Also chiming in on the behaviour of the Russia teens is Don Cherry, whose opinions on his Coach's Corner segment of Hockey Night in Canada are so revered in Canada that they generate news stories.
Cherry's thoughts about teenage drinking and rowdy behaviour is interesting since he's the guy who used to hang bags of beer outside the bus window to keep them cool during long road trips in the American Hockey League.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Cherry: Junior partner
Don Cherry on last night's Coach's Corner, was bang-on in his brief analysis of Canada's gold medal loss at the World Juniors. His list of Canadian juniors playing in the NHL and not available for the tournament was impressive. No other nation has so many high-skilled teens in the world's best league.
Here's the link to Coach's Corner. Comments about the World Juniors are at the end of the segment.
Here's the link to Coach's Corner. Comments about the World Juniors are at the end of the segment.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Cherry on top
DJ Steve Porter nails it with this excellent Don Cherry remix first broadcast Dec. 18, 2010, on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.
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