Don Cherry 1987 World Juniors Punch-up in Piestany post-game

R I P ,
don wittman
this game one
of his best ever
under hard conditions

[@jmaioran]

brian : but someone could of got hurt? cherry: absolutely.... that's what happens in a fight. lol ..

[@vancityguy]

"We sacrificed a gold medal to protect our teammates and honestly, we would do it again." - Brendan Shanahan, December 2016

[@bobarcher5837]

Source? Can't find that anywhere

[@vancityguy]

@@bobarcher5837 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2LNdKSpnb11hLc

[@ericlove3109]

@@bobarcher5837 TSN Feature kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2LNdKSpnb11hLc

[@bobarcher5837]

@@ericlove3109 Thanks. Wasn’t doubting it or anything, just honestly had trouble finding it lol

[@altfactor]

I believe that if Canada had won by two or more goals, they would've won the gold medal. If Russia had won, had the game ended in a tie, of if Canada had won by one goal, Russia would've won the gold medal. With both teams disqualified, Finland won the gold, although I wonder if the entire tournament was later vacated, meaning in effect it never took.plsce.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

That is how Cherry became a legend

[@altfactor]

He was already a legend in Boston for his five years as head coach of the Boston Bruins, and enormously popular and beloved among Boston sports fans. Bill Belichick may be the only coach in the history of Boston professional sports who is more popular with and more beloved among Boston fans than Don Cherry.

[@thenickgratton]

In Wrath of Grapes, before they return Don says "If you call Canada a black market for hockey, I will strangle you". The director says "Hey, it would be cool, if when we started your arms would be around Brian." Don replies "I don't think I can do that." "Why not?" "Cause I don't think I'd let go of the son of a bitch." Grapes is awesome!

[@zonkedforlife2]

Cherry is so entertaining, even though he thinks that the center of the earth is Canada, he still is entertaining

[@_Seagie]

he's the king of Canada in my eyes

[@timyumichuck9262]

He's also right

[@davidharper8500]

Two types of people, Canadians and those who wish they were Canadians

[@bl02cs]

You’re a legend Don, thanks for being true to yourself and Canada

[@ryanlangford149]

I read in Theo Fleury's book that Pierre Turgeon sat on the bench during the brawl. The only guy. Needless to say Fleury has no respect for him as well as other guys on that team. This event would make for a great made for TV movie.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

Theo Fleury ? the vaccine expert ? the coke conneiseur ? or the Graham James's squeeze ? hardly someone who's pov matters

[@chrisd4112]

He matters more than you clearly, because we actually care about his opinion.

[@MetalDetroit]

@@pjpredhomme7699 What a sick comment.

[@MetalDetroit]

@@chrisd4112 exactly

[@ryankatz7707]

Fleury was right, Turgeon was the only player who didn't stick up for his teammates, saying later, it wasn't his job to fight. That's why 3 Russians were on one Canadian

[@Dev-ou1nj]

Love don cherry

[@scottpeters3040]

One thing about Don Cherry even if it’s Going to hurt someone a feelings he always tells like it is gotta respect him for that

[@ErieRadio]

Look how young Don Cherry looks and look at Sherry Bassin! Bassin still looks pretty good now at Erie Otter's games for a 75 year old… but damn he looks young in '87.

[@Deke1]

The Day Don Cherry became a Canadian icon!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

"Never fed his players, for 2 days" 🤣😄😅

[@Clockwork399]

Cherry vs. Brian Williams. Honestly..............not even fair. Don't even try Brian.

[@paulgregoriou8520]

God I miss this stuff...

[@scottpeters6809]

Way to go grapes !you tell him

[@tommysoprano1441]

the coach will drinking water and bread in Sibberia LOL

[@mrceleb2006]

Brian Williams and Don Cherry have been doing 'Grapeline' on the radio for the past three decades.

[@rjflesher]

R.I.P. Don Wittman.

[@russhook6595]

I grew up watching guys like Wittman on TV. The Russia/Canada games/series were HUGE events not to be missed!

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

Man, Grapes was upset that day.

[@siradambeck]

@eliahu80 Don Cherry was a tough as nails enforcer in the AHL. He would still kick your ass as a senior citizen.

[@BackEddy29]

@abc1000001 Agreed. Williams was the only fucking disgrace in this whole thing. Cherry, you gotta love him!

[@CanadaMMA]

The world juniors are held in Canada once every 3 years at least, normally once every two. That doesn't explain how in the past 15 years there has only been one year where we didn't win a medal. Since 1982, the first year Canada sent a true national team, we have only finished outside of the medals 5 times. 5 times in 27 years. One time in the past 15. Yeah, its only because we host the tournament so offen............

[@pauli2951]

Greetings from Finland. If anyone says that Don Cherry didn't just say the absolute truth here doesn't understand anything about hockey or life.

[@whitecloud1980]

ussr were down and knew it...so the coach sent the entire team on the ice to prevent Canada from winning the Gold. its simple.

[@0truckmafk]

wow that was a setup against Team Canada

[@hockedad3585]

i was so proud of our boys watching that game and very proud of grapes for the medals he brought for our boys

[@mrcrpcrp20]

Harold Ballard bought the medals for our boys.

[@1stgomez]

The Russian Coach never fed his players and they are going to eat bread and water in Serberia(Siberia) LMFAO Don Cherry best man alive!!

[@MrLCLM]

Evgeni Davydov was the first player to leave the bench. Then 3 more Russians left the bench, then both benches cleared. It would be interesting to hear if Davydov was provoked into leaving the bench by his coach. But I doubt we'll ever know.

[@alex0888]

LOL at those guys headsets at the end

[@CiPhEr505]

I love how it goes into slow mo and Don's like "Just a little check whats the matter with that... and then our guy goes over an gives a little hit, nothing much AND THEN the Russian knocks our guy down!" Defending Canada to the end. Go Cherry Go

[@StFidjnr]

Fun fact after the game brian willams is off to do the world figure skating championships and one of them said "comrade" true story

[@Noelle_White]

StFidjnr - apparently many Canadians issued death threats against him as well for throwing our boys under the bus. He’s a commie idiot.

[@elmoflash]

The fault I believe lies with shabby officiating. The ref didn't take charge. He just skated off the ice and let the two teams disqualify themselves.

[@thedudedude56]

He knows a hell of a lot more then you.

[@SrustinLim]

don cherry called it. the canadians got screwed.

[@AreWildZ28]

Don Cherry is a real character.....He never spoke that well about the Sabres....He sure is so young looking there.....Hey, wheres his dog Blue???? He-He!!!

[@hockeybooks]

mike keane was the star of it all, hammering at least 2 different russkies

[@dan082476]

Love the CBC coloured jacket!

[@myamoocow]

@UWMike017 absolutely the perfect summary for this event!

[@SuperEvsm]

i totally agree!

[@rjflesher]

@cyril500 Those orange blazers were stylin' compared to the piss-yellow ABC Sports blazers of the 70's

[@spadesjim]

" Don 't care who started it"? You re a Canadian for Christ sakes!! We got screwed by a different countries team and you don t care who started it....And then people wonder why Cherry is so popular....Take a stand !!!! goodie goodies shouldn t be talking Hockey...ever!!!

[@garnunce786]

Cmon Brian Williams!

[@altfactor]

If my memory serves me correct, ESPN carried this game in the United States, carrying the CBC feed, but.cut away after the brawl to the late Tom Mees at ESPN headquarters, who analyzed the brawl.

[@garysimard5674]

As usual, CBC bails out on Canadians.

[@corymatthews13]

Bails them out? The cbc brass hated don. He proved he was bigger than the cbc

[@garysimard5674]

corymatthews13 What I meant by my comment was that the CBC is attacking Canadians and leaving them out to be ridiculed. If it wasn't for Don, they would have just pushed that side.

[@torgogorgo1888]

Yes, if you don't support and condone questionable actions of people from your country, you are a traitor. Blinding your judgement with nationalism is retarded.

[@longliverocknroll5]

Torgo Gorgo Pull your head out of your ass, you half-wit.

[@torgogorgo1888]

longliverocknroll5 good one, especially the redundant semi-colon. If that's what you've got, I'd say you're not even a 1/4 wit.

[@user-rl5mo5xc4b]

У нас дома говорят, "сами напросились", так получите! В Канаде проживают более 5 % нацистов, которых в свое время принила Канада.

[@mikemancini313]

Go marry Putin.

[@RagefulRhino]

Don Cherry is the God of the Hockey Gods

[@de132]

Wasn't Mr. Safety Brendan Shanahan in the fight. I'm too lazy to google it, but I'm sure he was

[@hockeybooks]

yup, shanahan was a 17yr old during this tourney

[@jetblach]

***** YES HE WAS! Ironic isn't it?

[@colerieger7300]

I believe he said, "You should have seen what we did when they killed the lights"

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

He was lucky Don didn't punch him ...heh heh heh 😄🏒

[@pat413]

nice suits ahha

[@Quebeconnect]

Not Ron, it's Scott Oake. You and your family are in our thoughts Scott, sorry for your loss.

[@tangelorajan]

@altfactor Nope. Only Canada and USSR got thrown out. USSR was going to be 6th, Canada had a chance for Gold, no worse than Silver...

[@hockeybooks]

events prove him right over and over , but in the rare event he's wrong, he's always had the class to apologize

[@vikings7ify]

R.I.P Rose Cherry

[@saleksey13]

Привет, Канадцы)

[@q.taylor2921]

I wanted to hear some Donny Whitman classic humour!?!

[@jeremydowney1012]

who was the other person in this video?

[@ottomatic3123]

Commentator, (@4:35) "...by international rules any kind of fighting means automatic banishment for this game and any others that do follow it; however, under the present conditions here, there would have been no players left to go on the ice and finish the game." 😆🤣😄

[@STRATCAT101]

@cyril500 I think it's the orange blazers,it,s the CBC they should of wore red maybe.

[@Gustavochaci]

Don Cherry>Any hockey expert

[@leafyutube]

I think Vladimir Konstantinov was in that game too.

[@wijse]

Mogilny, Malakhov and Sergei Fedorov was in it as well.

[@theterrar3566]

He was the only one who fought fair and won his fight. True legend

[@russhook6595]

@@theterrar3566 who??? IDIOT!

[@eviejoe1]

Ron Mclean is a fucking beauty with that slick flow

[@PhilMante]

3:41 - Rocky IV!

[@Buskieboy]

Wow! Grapes wearing a normal looking suit not made out of upholstery fabric? Every time I see him around this age, he looks like the love child of Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh!

[@Nukemon]

how do u figure that??

[@ironlungdtoker]

send don out on the ice next time , hed snap all there shit up

[@petertomaino5463]

i watched this game the russians started the fight

[@playinragz8183]

“Ugly” is a word used by fruit cups to describe violent sports . DONT BE A FRUIT CUP

[@ACParker13]

aww.. i wanted to hear the humor

[@gracom1977]

@paloalto62 u should move there

[@ProductNorth]

why?

[@1stgomez]

watch at 2:31

[@mikeburgess2485]

You should have popped Williams grapes

[@1stgomez]

2:31

[@CranialExtractor]

just leave Brian alone people called him and his CHILDREN a communist for years. He's got a right to a different opinion. HOWEVER DON CHERRY is obviously right lol.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

🌟👍🏒

[@Piton225]

was a hit with a stick that started it, 5 min wtf

[@mackie252007]

AT 1:28 The Canadian doesn't check the russian he gives him a left Jab. That's what started the whole thing!

[@dimmy77vi]

.. but donna cherry only sees what suits her...

[@stevemacinnis2367]

horseshit mackie,go fuck yourself

[@mackie252007]

Steve MacInnis fuck you, that's my opinion!

[@stevemacinnis2367]

the russians are the dirtiest players going ,again go fuck yourself

[@jimdraven2432]

Sorry mackie252007, you are entitled to your opinion, & I'm not trying to start an argument here, I have to disagree. I'm in possession of the entire game, I've watched it again & again. All game long, the game got chippier & chippier. Canada weren't angels, (Steve Chiasson's vicious two handed slash of Dmitri Tsygurov after Tsygurov cross checked him comes to mind), but the Russians were getting dirtier, & dirtier as the game wore on. The lovely spear by Alexander Galchenyuk (father of current Montreal Canadiens star Alex Galchenyuk) into Mike Keane's groin was an interesting, unpenalized play. Alexander Mogilny's wonderful, "skilled" chops at Pierre Turgeon's ankles during a Canadian powerplay. Canada had NEVER had bench clearing brawls in World Junior play. Russia had done it twice to this point. Russian players started it, several times, including a vicious cross check to the FACE of Theo Fleury by Pavel Kostichkin. Oh, btw, watch the Russian's stick on that play. It's around Sanipass' groin. I'd punch him in the face too. But little shots like that don't start bench clearing brawls. As soon as Fleury got up to defend himself, Russian player Evgeny Davydov (former draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets), started a line of three Soviets pouring off of the bench. THAT, according to IIHF rules, is an immediate ejection of those players. But we didn't see that. We saw the precious IIHF disqualify both these teams, when only Russia deserved to be sent home. Sorry hoss, but the fact remains that the Russians started it. Period. Stephane Roy getting double teamed by two Russian idiots, so Canada started doing it as well. Oh, let's not forget the "saint" of Detroit, Vladimir Konstantinov, fucking HEAD BUTTING Greg Hawgood, breaking his nose. I'm sorry, you're talking about a punch, in hockey, but you're neglecting the head butt? I'd send my players over too. The damned officials were less than useless all tournament long, & Russia had a pour tournament throughout, & played dirty through most of it. (Sergei Fedorov STILL apologizes for slashing a Czech player right in the throat earlier in the tournament). If I were Canada's coach (never happen, I'm not that talented) I'd also go over to the Russian's bench & call out the coach because it's fucking Junior hockey for Christ's sakes. Grow up. You're losing? Play better. Don't engineer a cheap way to eliminate Canada. Especially if you're losing. It's good, however, that Russia fired the idiot coach the moment he stepped off the plane.

[@altfactor]

Weren't all of the 1987 tournament results later "thrown out", meaning that in effect, the '87 World Juniors never took place??

[@ironlungdtoker]

thats how they do , russia was loseing so they start a fight to get both teams kicked out of the event . like a 3 yearold flips the chesse bored when hes loseing

[@Valery_1954]

Бред

[@luke4701]

and see what Russia is doing now

[@Ehclips]

the soviet union collapsed because they could not beat canada at hockey

[@Tehownilator]

Refs were too girly to make a call in that game, so the guys had to police the game themselves. And guess what; it was fine.

[@toddpick8007]

Stick down gloves off, he challenged the chiefs!

[@420Satan69]

called us names!

[@TwoPyramid]

KOOSPOL (bolshevik enterprise).

[@robertarnott8848]

one of the very few times I have ever agreed with Don Cherry

[@kidmack1121]

It was 4-2! The Canadians had to win by 5 goals to get the gold...that wasn't going to happen.

[@mothercanuckers2202]

lol hahahaha you actually think your American juniors beat our best juniors? How about we get Steven Stamkos and Drew Doughty down there along with Tyler Myers and Del Zotto ya you didn't face our best so we don't care if we lose once in 6 years wow you won 6-5 in overtime first time Canada lost in 6 years time to get cocky? lol

[@timyumichuck9262]

It was 4-2? Make it 0-0. European logic

[@griffoliver6997]

1:28 Canadian Guy stiffarms the Soviet and cherry says “nothin wrong with that”. Lmao so biased that was what started the whole thing

[@eletricboogaloo5861]

The Canadian was defending himself. That Soviet player was rushing him after the whistle was blow you dumb fuck.

[@ibefullofme]

He pushes him with one arm. Lol "stiffarm," who cares, it was weak and the russian still went down

[@m1ckyg21]

a foul doesnt permit bench clearing, 5v5 or 6v6 with goalies is still even. As soon as one russian jumps onto the ice thats the true start

[@zomgaskill]

@islamDick YOUR POINT? were still the better hockey nation

[@FredericRobichaudKRS]

"Russians fighting with their gloves" That's okay.

[@bigdyl2418]

lol not its not ok to keep your gloves on . have you ever been in a hockey fight ? fighting with gloves is a suspension in real hockey...this iihf isn't hockey though

[@DaveWraptastic]

I love Canada, I really do...But if I look at what they call the start of the fight...It looks like Canada started it. This russian dude gets a nasty check in the face, goes down, gets kicked by another Canadian...Well, don't be suprised getting a punch back in that situation.

[@ryanfriesen9940]

what ugly suits

[@dimmy77vi]

agreed. donna cherry has terrible taste. she's not a lady

[@kgm4556]

Don is a racist fool, but time after time he is correct when it comes to hockey.

[@VioletDeliriums]

@BarrieBusesandTrains "Communists?" WOW! You sound like an American!

[@MrJclan]

what's with all the commies on youtube?

[@Noelle_White]

KZbin, Facebook, Twatter and Instagram are all owned by left wing ding bat idiots.

[@aleksiniko]

finland win and cadana and russia failed so bad :D

[@brianoberlander9468]

Do you think Finland will beat Switzerland? I also believe that the USA and Russian game will be better than the Denmark game. However, if the Russians don't come out ready it will be a huge USA victory. God Bless the USA!

[@KrisMTL]

Wow, I can actually stand him in this clip and sort of like him. On Coach's Corner I despise him.

[@dmatej79]

Liar.

[@drdave2468]

Cherries an old dinosaur

[@Steve-eq8iz]

"Cherry's" you fucking numbskull.