All Entries Tagged With: "Don Cherry"
Sour Grapes: Cherry Defends Defenceless While Backing Bruins
Sour Grapes is a feature that will run weekly on Mondays to begin each week, offering a summary of another crazy week around the NHL from the perspective of none other than Donald S. Cherry, distilled and interpreted into plain English so NHL fans everywhere can come to appreciate the wisdom behind the ranting and [...]
Sour Grapes: Don Cherry Gets Excited Over Stars
…Blueberry Cheetah. “Time for a little Coach’s Corner I tell ya, wait Ron what’s his name again, Bieska, Bieksa? Beauuty. The NHL is a diverse ecosystem of players and personalities. Built around speed, skill, violence and determination, the game of hockey is a distinct brand of sport that pulls together many different skills, assets and [...]
THE TRAVESTY OF HYPOCRISY: The Isles vs Pens Fallout
“We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. We must make it clear that those kinds of actions will not be tolerated and will be met with meaningful disciplinary action. If the events relating to Friday night reflect the state of [...]
Mike Milbury’s Eurotrash Disco: Comments Override Canada’s Huge Win
“I was shocked that it was this one-sided. And I was really disappointed that these guys came with their euro-trash game. It was just. No heart, no guts, no nothing there to back it up. I mean Alex Ovechkin was an average player tonight. I know they’re going to bounce back, but to be that [...]
Avs Hammer the Oil
After a great performance on Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, Avs fans were wondering if this team would keep their foot on the pedal against the Oil or play down to the competition. Going into tonight’s game against the Oil I couldn’t help but be a bit surprised by this quote by Ethan Moreau, [...]
David Koci is about to be run out of Denver
Oh please, please say it isn’t so! After Colorado fans have stood by their fallen comrade, Steve Moore for years, please say that Colorado isn’t the home of the newest, most evil, most hated, boo-when-he-touches-the-puck villain in the league! David Koci’s hit on Mike Green is the talk of the town. And word is Koci [...]
Sanction not Cherry the Answer to Head Shots
Greg Wyshnyski, the editor and major writer of Y!’s Puck Daddy blog wrote a piece this morning on Don Cherry and asked the question should the flamboyant one join the charge against head shots in the league and drop his “old time hockey” mantra. Greg answers his own question “no“, but for different reasons than [...]
The NHL Media Goes Gay: Coming Out In Vogue
Whether it is the Justin Bourne excellent introspection of how he and others carry themselves in locker-room and the need for gay slurs to be stopped, or the well-done heart-tugger of John Buccigross’ ESPN piece on Brendan Burke’s coming out of the closet; many bloggers and mainstream media have been buzzing on the subject since. [...]
Cherry’s Mouth is Louder than His Suits
Don Cherry and his eyesore suits have rubbed me the wrong way twice already this young season. He is generally accepted as a book end authority on NHL hockey. He does possess a wide range of experience, though most of it not at the NHL level, and that experience ended in 1972. His total NHL [...]
October 15th – Red Wings/Kings Gameday
LOS ANGELES KINGS 4-2 VERSUS DETROIT RED WINGS 2-3 It’s cold outside. It’s dark, windy and cold. So, if there’s nothing to do tonight…there’s always hockey. Red Wings/Kings, tonight at 7:30. The game is on FS Detroit, with pregame coverage starting at 7. On the radio, the game is on 97.1 in Detroit, and on [...]