Don salutes the thousands of Hockey Day volunteers and calls Tampa Bay Lightning star Vincent Lecavalier a throwback to the old NHL. He also can't understand why the league refuses to implement the no-touch icing rule.
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A mainstay of CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA, Don Cherry first appeared on the program in 1980 in a segment called Coach’s Corner. In what has become an important tradition for Canadian hockey fans, Cherry has been appearing on Coach’s Corner alongside host Ron MacLean since 1987, staying true to form with his candid and often controversial - but always entertaining - comments.
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Ron MacLean, host of CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA for more than 18 years, began his broadcasting career in 1978. After joining CBC in 1986, MacLean hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs' telecasts on CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA, before becoming the full-time national host in 1987. MacLean has been recognized with eight Gemini Awards for his work with CBC, including Best Host in a Sports Program for CBC’S HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA in 2004 and 2006.
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Bill Brown
Dear DON-RON:
You've done nothing but knock the kid since he was 16, and now you're miffed because Sidney Crosby wouldn't appear on CC. Maybe the kid just proved how irrelavent and out of touch with the game you two inflated egos have become.
When I tune in to hockey coverage on any of the other sports networks, I hear very little, if any, of the anti-Crosby crap, anti-French crap, anti-visor crap or pro-goon crap that have become the trademarks of CC. My guess is that you care a lot about ratings and little about the game.
Shame on you!
Bill Brown
Posted February 20, 2007 11:25 PM
Phil Allen
I totally concur with your questioning position of the archaic stance the governors take regarding automatic icing. What is it going to take to have them come to their senses, a broken neck in the frantic struggle to touch a puck first? However I disagree with your stance regarding full face protection. It sohould be mandetory. Somehow your macho position of being a tough guy when you can spit out your teeth and skate to the bench, just doesn't make sense.
Posted February 18, 2007 01:11 PM
Michael Trick
Hey Don, let me first say before I come at you with any criticism, that when it comes to hockey smarts (ie. the fundamental coaching strategies of the game itself), there are not many out there who know more than you. But I have to say this: you really gotta stop promoting fighting in the game. Yeah, the people love it...so who cares? In ancient Rome, the people loved seeing gladiators run through with swords too, but that never made it right. And besides, who do you mean by 'the people'. I'm a huge hockey fan, and I hate fighting in the game, so please don't presume to speak for every fan. More than a few of us want it scrapped. The NHL is one of the ONLY sports leagues where the officials will stand around and watch two guys duke it out. In any other sport, the officials intervene right away, and so they should. So don't rag on the few officials who do have the guts to stop such disgusting behaviour. Please, I'm begging you, stop promoting the fighting...your current stance on this is setting a bad example, especially for our country's kids. The bottom line is not 'intensity' but sportsmanship. If there's no sportsmanship, then what's the point? Contrary to what you may say, fighting and sportsmanship cannot co-exist, and to suggest that they can is in my opinion, simply ignorant and ridiculous. Thanks for your time.
Posted February 18, 2007 08:10 AM
Chris Carruthers
Halifax
Keep up the good work Don,go easy on the Kid as he still is only a kid,and keep Ron's arm off your side of the desk.
Posted February 17, 2007 09:20 AM