#27: Don Cherry Interview : Raw Knuckles Podcast

Former Coach, broadcaster, and current fashion icon Don Cherry Joins the pod
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[@patricklarsh7063]

I think there were times when we watched Hockey Night In Canada just to see Grapes

[@tomcrouchman]

Don Cherry is missed. The NHL broadcasts are getting pathetic now. I can't even watch intermissions anymore.

[@noobmaster-wj3qm]

Don Cherry would make them even worse

[@tomcrouchman]

@@noobmaster-wj3qm You are just jealous of the career and legacy this man has earned. Racist leftists like you play identity politics to hide your racism with virtue signaling. Good luck to you in the future.

[@ildarm]

@@noobmaster-wj3qm no, he'd make you cry.

[@HockeyJunkie]

I agree Tom

[@noobmaster-wj3qm]

@@ildarm his idiotic statements would make me laugh

[@mafmaf6417]

Long time Habs fan. Long time Knuckles fan. Long time Cherry fan. Don you did nothing wrong. As a former member of the Canadian Forces, I thank you for caring for us. You were right by the way

[@cq6754]

Well stated, as we are a military family🎗🎗🎗🎗 Love the Habs since my teenage years and favorites were Knuckles Nilan and late John Kordic ( RIP)

[@4thlinemaniac356]

Only thing Don did wrong was believing Ron McLean had his back.McLean's a weasel

[@mafmaf6417]

@@4thlinemaniac356 Amen brother. Can't watch the guy at all anymore.

[@4thlinemaniac356]

@@mafmaf6417 Join me in my comment on the Rod Peterson podcast where I say it to Ron lol.

[@armand9732]

Oh look a member of the military being a complete clown, what a surprise

[@playinragz8183]

Don Cherry taught life watching him on HNIC. He taught us about bullies, honor and class every Saturday. And talked actual hockey play not arse kissing nonsense during intermission. Thanks Cherry you’re the best!

[@spencerrebelo4884]

Absolute Canadian beauty. Thank you for posting this!!

[@pitrsoundslikepeter7467]

Chris and crew, I’m a 53 yr old man who never shows emotion, been brought up that way. Watching todays podcast got me chocked up a bit! I love Don, miss him dearly. Thank you sooooo much for this, I could listen to you guys all day and not get bored! Keep up the great guests Chris!

[@jockejocke1]

Check out Don's podcast if you haven't already. You don't have to miss him, he uploads every Sunday 😀👍

[@Redeyezsocialclub]

Couldn't have said it better

[@geoffw4136]

I LOVE DON CHERRY. HE WAS RAILROADED. GREAT INTERVIEW KNUCKS I HOPE DON LIVES FOREVER. MY IDOL

[@ianpatterson1553]

Good to see Mr. Cherry is healthy and doing well. There's nothing better than listening to two old school gladiators telling war stories!

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thank you so much for listening and sharing your comment!

[@jakedoucet7738]

He looks good i miss hearing his voice every Saturday

[@Wellh0wrya]

Wow Don cherry is a national treasure! He should be on the $100 bill in Canada … amazing career.

[@qualityman1965]

You mean a $3 bill.

[@Wellh0wrya]

@@qualityman1965 no

[@crow_2k11beatsbydre8]

You seriously need professional assistance, No way this racist deserves anything and HNIC is better off without Mr.Cherry.......

[@Wellh0wrya]

@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 you are a clown, and a ❄️… grapes is not a racist, u people label anyone with an opinion a racist… what he said was 100% correct.. if you come to a country you should learn and appreciate the values of that country.

[@CrashOutTiming718]

Lmaooo fr

[@colbiecolbie6979]

Don Fucking Cherry on Knuckles......absolutely incredible! Thank you.

[@cq6754]

That's right Don, you love our military and the poppy represents our fallen warriors. You hit the nail on the head when you said " you people ".. Soldier On from a military family!👍🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗

[@Dueville7777]

Jesus 89 years old and he is still completely coherent and his memory is great.

[@BlackNGoldRules]

Still wearing those "flashy" suits. Lol

[@drevildog1]

Dude you got the guest list

[@ronmailloux8655]

Yep Kuckles just get better every time. Don we miss you.

[@ildarm]

Was waiting for a Don Cherry interview for a long time! AWESOME! Good to know people through an interview instead of the media painting their image

[@mikeanton9125]

Didn’t realize how much I missed Don. Love your podcast Chris. Wish you all the success in the world.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks Mike, much appreciated

[@Guildofarcanelore]

I remember meeting you both in Kandahar. It was an amazing time getting my pic with Don and you too Knuckles!

[@user-kr8yn4ke2b]

Love to write these guys

[@juliencormier8760]

Thank you Chris for having the decency to interview Mr. Cherry on your podcast! We sure do miss him and he was unjustly let go IMO.

[@Snipes-76]

Huge pick up Knucks!!!! Miss grapes so much !! Thanks for this !

[@ronnylarock13]

Cant wait to listen to this one at work tomorrow. Should have been 1hr 38min though! Two of the best hockey-personas - thrown under the bus by their former employer.

[@geraldabanid4385]

We love u Don Cherry ur a great Canadian patriot n yes ur right always honour our veterans 🇨🇦

[@johnmichaelfioravanti8010]

Coach Cherry is awesome 👌 👏 ✨️💖 we miss you sir

[@CoreySosner]

This guy is a Canadien Hockey icon !!! Again the best hockey PODCAST !!!

[@crow_2k11beatsbydre8]

Icon (WHATEVER) glad we don't hear his racist views on National TV anymore.......

[@JackyJames1]

@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 I understand your point. racist is a strong word ... again I respect your feelings

[@bangaway]

Looking good Grapes, God love ya! Thanks for having him Chris, yer one of my fave Habs when I was growing up

[@luisamorim638]

Good fun interview. What a great character Don still is at 88! HNIC is now a bore without him.

[@hippy1002]

One of the most loved guys in this country

[@MyMg23]

Don Cherry is one of the greatest Canadians of our time. The man was incredible for the game. Please pass on my best to Don if you can and tell him THANK YOU Don from not only myself but from every hockey fan I have ever known well in the past 30 years-amazing Don-you are the man!

[@jimmanning5055]

Respect, respect, respect. This is what Cherry always preached throughout the years. This is what a proud Canadian looks like! Thanks for the stories, memories, morals and not afraid to speak your mind. We all love you Grapes! Thanks Chris and the whole Raw Knuckles Podcast team for this interview.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thank you Jim. We really appreciate the support and we appreciate that you took the time to share your comments with us. We will keep em coming!

[@shawnwilliams6017]

As a veteran Thank you for all you have done❤

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thank you for your service Shawn and for all you have done.

[@NIGHTBREED3R]

Love Grapes !!! Glad To find this channel. Best of luck to Knuckles !!!

[@joeyjazzjosh]

Great interview Chris. Wish it was longer. This guy could go on for ever.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks so much, maybe we'll have to do a part 2

[@JB-fr2qh]

First Raw Knuckles podcast ever, wont be my last! Don is and always will be king, hockey royalty!

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks JB-Hope you are continuing to listen to our episodes and we hope you're enjoying them! Please Follow us and share with your friends and family! Would really help us and we appreciate it!

[@heathmac9999]

Great fun listening to Don’s stories; although I’m a long time Habs fan, I have to agree with Don - watching Bobby Orr skate so effortlessly and play hockey was pure gold. The best all round hockey player to have played the game. Thanks Chris & Tim for producing this wonderful podcast!

[@randyhuke3773]

When Grapes left Hockey Night in Canada, so did I

[@rocksmith3796]

the one and only Grapes....the Don of hockey....great interview!

[@cameronmccormick89]

Don Cherry getting called out by Tara Sloane...uh thanks, nobody cares, we love Don.

[@SvenTSchixe]

What?

[@pjpredhomme7699]

fascinating - who is Tara Sloane ? who cares what she says ?

[@cameronmccormick89]

@@pjpredhomme7699 a member of the woke brigade who recently had her show 'Hometown Hockey' canceled and called Don a bigot last week.

[@sweetswing1]

She was so brave through 😂

[@cq6754]

What a classy gentleman you are Don❤️🙏

[@yeltsin6817]

i dont watch HNIC anymore. the old rule in my house was during 1 st intermission no one talk especially when Don was on.

[@tygoose]

So great to see Don in good spirits. I’m not sure how long it’s been since I saw an interview with him, but this was fantastic.

[@johnalwell5795]

Thank you so much for having Don on . He is terrific and I'm glad he looks and sounds so good .

[@johngallen4628]

Thanks for the treat of having coach Cheery on. I grew up beside Harry Lumley and Johnny Lumley in Owen Sound. Seeing and listening to Coach Cheery brought back alot of old memories. He is a true Canadian.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks John, appreciate the support!

[@andrewdichiaro9146]

This is an awesome conversation! love it.

[@centerhice7948]

Great 👍 job Knuckles 👍, and Tim . Don is one of a kind . I love ❤ Cherry. He was hockey 🏒 night in Canada 🇨🇦. I don't know how Ron even puts his face on air ,after what was done. Don was the hockey mind . Genus.

[@HockeyJunkie]

I agree with you , Don is a legend.

[@centerhice7948]

@@HockeyJunkie So true 👍 👌, cbc ,and Ron screwed him . And Ron knows so little.

[@centerhice7948]

Rock em sock em ,was my kind of 🏒 hockey 😆 🤣 😂

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks so much for listening and taking the time to leave your feedback!

[@robertlegault9226]

The Donster never ages still looks the same and sharp as a tack.

[@josephemerson2893]

Man loved Don Cherry he told it like it was!! Knuckles love it Bud

[@TonyPrigioniero]

I love Grapes. I am happy he’s doing well. God bless. Thanks for for this podcast

[@Steveoh1983]

In don we trust!!! Thxs for everything mr cherry I’m so stoked to watch this miss u coach!!!!!

[@harlzberg6068]

Let's Go, Canada, hockey and Cherry all go hand in hand. Kenny Block, from Grunthal Manitoba, his dad Steve was also a good old boy that took us fishing to Caddy Lake into his late 80's. Big Respect Nilan, the tough guys are a rare breed and you and Don need a part.2.

[@brucelowe3391]

Thank you guys for another fantastic interview. one of the best in the game..

[@pohoheli]

Ron will never be a national treasure like Cherry....

[@dalemcbride775]

I could listen to that man’s stories all day

[@patriotjoe6919]

I think many Red Wing fans might disagree w/Bobby Orr being better than Mr. Hockey? But true story, i was Looking for my son to get a try out as a free agent. And actually called Bobby, who was acting as a scout. My goodness, he couldn't have been any nicer on the phone w/me. No airs about him, and we had a great conversation. The old tyme players were like that, very personable. When my son played as a captain at the Jr All star game, Gordie dropped the ceremonial puck. And after the game, we talked old tyme hocked for well over an hour. Those boy's were so mesmerized by how personable he was. I think Gordie would've talked to us all night long. But his wife Colleen & Marty were there, so we didn't wanna keep him more than the hour we were so blessed to share w/him about the old days. Such great memories🥰

[@cq6754]

Great interview Knuckles 👍

[@gordonmarr6463]

Love you Don. You are for sure right. God Bless our hero’s in the field. My namesake died for Canadians in 1918. Never forget. He was 19 years young. You are a face of the real Canada Don. Bless you.

[@pascalcharpentier1713]

Simply amazing webcast, Don cherry is such a great communicator !

[@Hemispheres2112]

88 or 89 years old? He looks maybe 70s, and still lucid! He's got the youth genetics for sure!

[@sid7088]

Great interview, I miss Don, especially when he was in a grumpy mood on HNIC. 👍👍

[@jamescoleman5317]

Mount Crushmore of interviews - Grapes Stapes and Niles

[@GUISNIP]

Love you Don. Thank you Chris!

[@HunterMagunter]

Tara slone can shove it, absolutely nobody cares about her and Ron. Don was the man for decades we all miss him

[@cq6754]

Well stated!

[@crow_2k11beatsbydre8]

Glad Cherry is not on National TV anymore.......

[@michaelfisher3468]

Looking good Don, you are exactly 30 years older than me. We are both born on February 5th. I live in Oakville and I see Ron McLean the odd time at Starbucks. I have nothing to say to him.

[@rogerbutchbouchard8019]

I was totally loving seeing Coach Cherry on your show Chris. I didn't like him at all as the Bruins coach however as a fine wine he grew on me on Hockey Night in Canada on Coach's Corner. Now he is one of my favorite hockey people. Thank you Chris for this classic interview with a true gentleman of hockey. And he was a great supporter of Canadian troops.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thank you Roger, much appreciated!

[@stephencovet1256]

Knuckles your show is awesome, and you bring on the the best guests.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks so much Stephen, appreciate the support and the listenership! Please help us spread the word to Follow & Subscribe!

[@timburr4453]

Love Don Cherry, Knuckles, and Stapleton. The best hockey podcast going. HNIC needs Cherry back!

[@UltraViolence90]

Legendary!!!

[@user-qt3si2wo7y]

I cannot think of a better hockey interview ever, thanks for having Don Cherry on it is a travesty what was done to him and as a fellow U.S. citizen I so respect you Chris for standing up for what is right and sticking up for this honorable man who so loves his country.

[@garvdarb]

Every time I see Don and listen to him reminis is beaut ! I also think of the PR Ron "The TURTLE" Mclean"

[@Nickh4929]

Ron the rat

[@joematerese93]

Don't worry if your fellow countryman gave up on you grapes..You are Boston's favorite son, loved and always welcome

[@luismoreno6336]

Don Cherry is my hero! I like his flow 😂

[@robertquinn334]

I use to watch hockey saturday nights , just so i could watch first intermission, now i leave every intermission .

[@NIGHTBREED3R]

My God I miss hearing Grapes.and ALL his stories. In my opinion he is a Canadian treasure. Saturday nights have never been the same. Great interview Knuckles !!! 🏒🏒🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@intellivisionmaster7999]

Chris Nilan and Don Cherry…. It doesn’t get better than that!

[@jsgr5382]

Dons a legend !

[@crow_2k11beatsbydre8]

Don is a racist !

[@jsgr5382]

@@crow_2k11beatsbydre8 so? Most people are. And most of those people have their reasons. I'm racist also. You're probably are also but a coward to admit what you feel

[@hiswill1977]

Mr. Nilan I’m a huge fan of yours spoke to you a few times at Bruins wives carnival!! Those were the days sir! Thanks for this podcast it brings me back to the days of the Gahhhden !! You’re a class act and there’s very few places you get honesty and the stories are amazing! What I’d give to go back to those days when men were MEN and the game was respected!

[@HarveyBacktheBeatles]

Did not know about this. I know Grapes has been largely off camera except for occasional interviews or his birthday pics. He's certainly sharp as a tack on the podcast. Cant wait for my autograph to come in

[@glennpelletier108]

Love your style, Chris - humble, fun and friendly. Longtime fan of yours. I remember being at the Montreal Forum when you scored on a penalty shot at the Montreal Forum against the Winnipeg Jets in February of 1985. Thanks for having Mr. Cherry on your podcast.

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thank you Glenn, means a lot. Hope you continue to listen and follow and subscribe to our podcast! And please continue to share your comments with us.

[@fasteddie9867]

love Grapes

[@ildarm]

Would be nice to have another one with him with all his stories

[@jockejocke1]

Check out Dons podcast and listen to lots more stories

[@charlesevers2937]

Love the show, but absolutely loved you had Don Cherry as a guest! I could’ve listened to you guys talk to him for hours.

[@FAIRWEATHER_MUSIC]

Don got cancelled for promoting national pride and a reminder why to buy a poppy if you're new to the Country. Unbelievable. Still stings.

[@Sensecommon557]

He's from the old school of common sense.

[@zieglla]

Grapes is the best, he needs to be a regular guest.

[@moonobservergilles5730]

another great interview guys

[@sematic1]

Awesome. So cool. So underrated. The podcast that is.. Bobby. well everyone knows about him hahaha

[@mikelevesque9753]

that was really great

[@stealthbomber2127]

I miss the days of the ten foot satellite. We looked forward to HNIC and Mr. Cherry. A national treasure that was kicked to the wayside. I also looked forward to listening to Chris' interviews and that cool Boston accent. This channel shows what a good man Chris really is. I am in the southern USA and cannot stand HNIC now.

[@hippy1002]

U gotta get Domi on here.. and Baumgaartner and Jay Miller

[@therawknucklespodcast]

They will all be coming on, don't you worry! Stay tuned....Make sure you subscribe so you'll know as soon as we release new episodes!

[@bgone8854]

Great show gentlemen.I can think of 2 other players that you always kept your eyes on in a game.Wayne Gretzky and Pavel Bure

[@Zeke1379]

Jagr for sure

[@martincahill3810]

Great show Chris... best Grapes story... He went to the hotel room to tell Espo he was traded.. Espo said i feel like killing myself.. Grapes said Bobby get away from the window,... :)

[@naomiandalex]

Wonderful interview! Best so far! Thank you both for making it possible for us to get to know Don a bit better...

[@pascalcharpentier7861]

That was very GOOD ! BRAVO

[@stefan1132]

he's pretty damn sharp for his age. crazy

[@subbydagwoods]

Have a few must listen to podcasts and after finding a few of yours I’m subbed and will enter it into the rotation. Great job! They’ve all been top notch. You guys are great!

[@user-vu8iw7sl5i]

Great show thank you

[@adamcadorette]

Good interview, stay healthy Grapes! Thanks for all the memories.

[@markliebrock6246]

Being an old time hockey fan, and stopped watching a couple of years ago , due to disappointment in the NHL. This is a beautiful thing, a couple of my favourite hockey guys. Glad it showed up. Will be looking for some more “ Old Time Hockey “. ( found a few more on your site )

[@therawknucklespodcast]

Thanks Mark, we hope you continue to listen & subscribe to our podcast

[@rentonarc]

Absolute legend . I love this guy .

[@yashamaga1319]

Don Cherry Is the Bobby Heenan of hockey. That's the biggest compliment I could give. An absolute rennesaince man who was great at all aspects of the game, with legendary quick wit and was always the most entertaining guy on the show. 👍 👍 👍

[@dhosquet]

90 years old - can still conjure up some old memories.

[@kenmilley5085]

Terrific interview guys! Right from the ❤️

[@brabak6894]

gawd bless Don.. love the podcast guys!

[@tallmike6598]

Keep up the great work guys this is by far my favorite hockey podcast...