I love watching him. What a character. Makes Hockey night more fun when channel 9 is on.
God Bless Don Cherry! If I remember, I tune into Hockey Night in Canada just to watch him! I used to love Don Cherry’s Grapevine, eh! He had a very moving commentary right after the 9-11 attack.
One of my favorite books is George Plimpton's "Open Net" in which Plimpton trains with the Boston Bruins in 1977, of which Cherry was coaching at the time. Cherry offers many many 'colorful' stories about his hockey career, such as when he was playing minor league under coach Eddie Shore .. Shore would sarcastically refer to him as - "Mister Cherry, the Madagascar Kid" - of which Cherry had no clue what that meant, and Shore wasn't the kinda guy you would dare to question ....
Good to know that Don Cherry is on our side ...