Don Cherry explains what makes Hockey Night in Canada so special

[@francis-hg5ix]

Talk about the voice of a sport

[@speeddemonsltd7486]

Francis Ali El-ahmar a country

[@francis-hg5ix]

Dustin Boychuk that too

[@liammiddleton3064]

Don Cherry is right about what he said on the poppy and the news is lying and taking him out of context

[@Kriegtime101]

@@liammiddleton3064 the poppy is great for people who to need to make it look like they care about veterans and fellow citizens for one day a year.

[@Kriegtime101]

@@liammiddleton3064 and the rest of the year they spend acting like racist morons.

[@aidenshaw3311]

Nobody: KZbin: Let's recommend this video right after he gets fired

[@sam93931]

hockey, best sport in the world

[@JohnSmith-cr9rt]

sam93931 no but it is a great sport that's for sure, takes more skill than most sports

[@Ivan-sm4dq]

John Smith than what is the best?

[@matguimond92]

nope.

[@matguimond92]

@@Ivan-sm4dq Football. Most played sport on the planet. And not John Madden inbred _Football_ - soccer/football.

[@aplacetobewithmythoughts7428]

It’s about Canadians all tuning in together. From like 2000-2007 have very fond memories of spending the Saturday with my dad and watching 2 games with Canadian teams. The battle of Alberta, Montreal vs Toronto, etc...

[@altfactor]

"Hockey Night In Canada" is also very popular in border areas of the northern United States that are within range of CBC stations, either over the air or on cable.

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

Saturday night was HNIC night in my house in Detroit! Great times growing up!

[@altfactor]

@@DigitalNomadInvestor One reason why Buffalo was granted an NHL team in 1970 was that between 1952 and 1970, "Hockey Night In Canada", broadcast from the CBC-TV station in nearby Toronto, often drew more Buffalo viewers than two of the city's three network TV stations put together, and sometimes, almost as many viewers as all three Buffalo network affiliates combined. And prior to that, the NHL hockey broadcasts on CBC Radio out of Toronto often drew more Buffalo listeners than any local station. Prior to the Buffalo Sabres coming into existence, Buffalo was considered Toronto Maple Leafs "country", and there are still some Leafs fans in the Buffalo area even today.

[@canjrs]

Nice story I like that :) But Leafs Buffalo’ers ? Yuck no go for your Sabres ! Lol 😋

[@marvinuhilarious]

@@altfactor Yup, basically the same thing here in Seattle but not to the extent of Buffalo. We have access to CBC here on every cable provider and almost all hockey fans here watch Hockey Night In Canada regularly every week, most of the members of our (currently, it probably won't be the case very soon due to this new team) relatively small hockey community are diehard Canuck fans. This current hockey culture we have might die off very soon though due to this new team, unlike the Leafs in Buffalo. The Canucks and the game of hockey in general hasn't really taken off here until this new team showed up.

[@lousanto1054]

This includes Detroit, which is literally across the river from Windsor, Ontario. Throughout the 1990's and most of the 2000's I would watch Bob Cole and Harry Neale do usually Montrael or Toronto home games. It did not get any better then when those two teams played each other in the early game. Also (although I am biased) it was Just See when the Red Wings were on. When I worked late Saturday Nights, I usually would catch the Edmonton, Calgary, or Vancouver games with Chris Cuthbert and Greg Millen. Good times!

[@arvinesmaeili2717]

Man i love HNIC during playoff season

[@marvinuhilarious]

Are ya still lovin' it, bud?

[@sillygoose635]

@@marvinuhilarious yup 👍

[@ericscottstevens]

A national treasure. He signifies the resolute strength of Canada.

[@donaldmcronald3543]

And that is why they wanted him gone

[@SnapsZGaming]

Saturdays are for the boys

[@andrewmassa5318]

Saturday is always the best night for Hockey.

[@sg255010]

Don Cherry = Hockey LEGEND

[@Kriegtime101]

Don cherry=canadian jabba the hutt

[@lukaz3336]

@@Kriegtime101 shut up hater

[@User-12133]

Kriegtime101 why are you the way you are

[@stephennolin526]

Going to miss watching this man! A real Canadian hero!! We love and suport you Don!

[@matguimond92]

Good riddance to that demented old sack of crap.

[@stephennolin526]

bruh wow! What have you done for your county that you can judge so harshly? I doubt you’re perfect.

[@jimieljoseph2322]

We love you for the love you express for the game, Grapes. Thank you, Don.

[@colingoldthorpe5918]

Thanks for your service to Veterans and Canada Don. Your truly a legend of the game. I'm not a fan of Hockey but watching your enthusiasm for the game and Canada in general has always been endearing. As a Veteran of 3 conflicts I know if i had to stand toe to toe with the enemy again, i'd rather be there with you than the chicken shits that run Sportnest and Rogers!!!!! Thanks for speaking the truth.

[@DatBoiFives]

Your obviously not a vet

[@colingoldthorpe5918]

RocketRaptor 28 so the 5 medals on my wall are for tying knots......

[@DatBoiFives]

@@colingoldthorpe5918 yeah probably

[@adamrose7483]

gewwwwd ol' canadian boiiii

[@Kriegtime101]

He's not canadian he's a giant sack of crap covered in his grandma's drapes.

[@lukaz3336]

@@Kriegtime101 You're the only sack of crap here....

[@ituyfb]

It's too bad that they rush Don Cherry through the coach's corner I wish they gave him more time.

[@Tazosniping]

Too bad there will be no coach’s corner now

[@odeszaa]

Brings a tear to my eye :') 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@Five_31]

And now?

[@chriskurtzworth]

Grapes still gives his heart to the game he loves!

[@altfactor]

After controversial comments about Remembrance Day on the November 9th, 2019 edition of "Coach's Corner", Don Cherry was axed from "Hockey Night In Canada". It's my understanding that at this writing (November 12th, 2019), his sidekick Ron MacLean's future is also in doubt and that despite an on-air apology the next night, MacLean may very well also be let go.

[@matguimond92]

Good riddance.

[@Five_31]

People need to stop ruining Canadian values. My family immigrated here over 80 years ago, we wear the poppy. They should show the soldiers respect in some way on that day since they fought to protect this land from nazi scum

[@Five_31]

They are either for the people that fought against the nazis or for the nazis.. A lot of you wouldnt be here if the nazis successfully invaded Canada. Things would be a lot different.

[@sillygoose635]

... Ron's still there.

[@JonnyTightLipzs]

What a Beauty!

[@davidmccalla6799]

Well said Don don't agree with you all the time but, well said.

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Don Cherry: If Santa Claus were a lovably grouchy hockey guy.

[@sillygoose635]

a racist too.

[@brandonkremer3680]

Gonna miss you don

[@blackbeanburger3357]

and now HNIC's ratings will plummet. i'll never tune into the network anymore... been watching for the last 30 years

[@sillygoose635]

they were plummeting BEFORE hand.

[@Hazen87]

What a loss.

[@sillygoose635]

You'll be fine.

[@Hazen87]

@@sillygoose635 you’re right. I just completely stopped watching hockey. What a waste of time lol.

[@Heaveaway23]

dons real opinion: HNIC is special because of me

[@chillercentral8125]

Congratulations Twitter/Reddit You ruined another person's life again

[@billiscool7647]

I know, sucks.

[@thecat627]

Lets be honest, when has Twitter or Reddit never ruined someones life...

[@sillygoose635]

ah yes, an 80+ year old man's life has been ruined... whatever shall he do now.

[@patarp1350]

@@sillygoose635 What shall he do? Come back to HNIC for him to have redemption and a second chance. Cancel culture has gone too far and you woke police on Tiwtter and reddit should be ashamed for you did ruin him and many Canadians who were fans of him and fans of Coach's Corner. People need to forgive and forget and let him have a chance to explain himself when woke Sportsnet wrongly didn't let him.

[@arrow1342]

Hockey Night in Canada theme music 🎶 is like Bond music, it's iconic!

[@altfactor]

I live near Boston, and for ten years did play-by-play of local high school hockey and even though south of the U.S./Canada border, I daydreamed of doing play-by-play for "Hockey Night In Canada". In fact, during my tenure, the senior class of one of the three high schools whose teams we covered included me in their " Class Will". That senior class "left me" a play-by-play job with "Hockey Night In Canada", with assignments to include calling the Stanley Cup Finals. If only they could have delivered that job for me! :)

[@MoveInSilence23]

This yank really appreciates guys like Grapes. Canada needs more men like him.

[@sillygoose635]

They really don't. 🤣

[@Kroitk]

Wayyy ta gooooo good ol Canadian boyy LEMME TELL YA IF I sAId it ONCE I said it a MILLION times KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KID

[@Mr500248]

0:37 guy by the radio looks like Michel Therrien.

[@imacm3573]

I️m not the biggest fan of Don Cherry I️ don’t always agree with what he says but I️ highly respect him for what he’s done for the game

[@emmettrego9719]

Well, I don’t think it’s important now

[@mantaszmenskis5619]

He doesn't drink often, but when he does, he goes shopping for suits. He is quite possibly the most interesting man in hockey.

[@billiscool7647]

Sucks, the internet can't take anything these days. Now a legend is gone

[@Mike-.747]

👍

[@ericcollins8794]

damn how old is Don like 100 he's been on forever

[@Alex-ni4ge]

Freedom of speech is in danger in Canada

[@sillygoose635]

So are consequences...

[@patarp1350]

@@sillygoose635 No such thing as "consequences". It is cancel culture. He is a pure victim of that. It is free speech that exists whom he is entitled to have and is famous for, including his innocent poppy speech to tell everyone (mainly in big cities) to wear one.

[@johnboko7110]

​@@sillygoose635What consequences ? Telling people they should spare a dime and go grab a poppy ? Get outta here with that crap.

[@BudzzableRides]

Screw sportsnet any company that advertises with them!

[@sillygoose635]

Cry.

[@patarp1350]

@@sillygoose635 Puck you sensitive woke police for you are crying over nothing bad of him and misinterpreting what he said.

[@Kriegtime101]

@@patarp1350 get a life brown shirt.

[@pag3309]

Super troopers 2 brought me here

[@juliosof]

First of all I am an immigrant and I am upset about many things .... Because You People ..... Kids doesn't celebrate more Halloween in some School Because You People ..... We can't say more Merry Christmas we have to say Happy Holidays, and that happen in my work Because You People ..... The change the RCMP uniform Because You People ..... You can use a knife because your religion, But if I have a knife I'll be in jail in 5 min Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Together, these secure for Canadians an 800 year old tradition of ordered liberty, which dates back to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215 in England (also known as the Great Charter of Freedoms), including: Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of speech and of the press.

[@thecat627]

Amen

[@sillygoose635]

oh, so human empathy is treason now? got it.

[@maxcohen13]

Gary Bettman must go away.

[@cryptichd6636]

Damn now he gone

[@matguimond92]

Good riddance.

[@matguimond92]

@@TeamBelmont91 doubt it.

[@sillygoose635]

@@matguimond92 thank God indeed.

[@High_Caliber]

It's ironic that the org that kicked him to the curb to appease cancel culture gangs, thinks they can put up a tribute to him.

[@sillygoose635]

yep especially when they posted it way BEFORE he was fired. but I'm sure you thugs won't face facts.

[@fredh7774]

There goes your ratings Rogers Sportsnet! Don was actually rite about people not supporting the troops. I'm from Ottawa here and I noticed tons of people not wearing a poppy today. I cant wait until your viewer ratings go way down on HNIC and you beg for Don Cherry to come back to save your network again yes again. Shame on you!!!!

[@Kriegtime101]

Don cherry should go to Syria if he likes war so much. He'd be great target practice.

[@fredh7774]

Wow what a reply!!!!!!

[@Kriegtime101]

@Andrew M go back to england or wherever the hell your ancestors spawned from

[@AC-xq4hh]

@@Kriegtime101 wow that was racist lol

[@Kriegtime101]

@@AC-xq4hh English is not a race...

[@dl2one]

Still can't believe you beat up Bubbles

[@larristheblackswan3584]

Boycott sportsnet

[@sillygoose635]

Cancel Culture is coming for Sportsnet... sound the alarms.

[@peteranserin3708]

I missed the part where he messed his experience all up.

[@willeckert5138]

I still change the channel when the traitor Ron McLean starts flapping his lying gums

[@sillygoose635]

you're a coward

[@marvinuhilarious]

It's a real damn shame what happened to this guy. He could rag on players all day long for playing like Europeans but when it comes to actual real world issues, CBC seems to think it's appropriate to accommodate these "new" people with these "new" real world values over a man who is almost literally the voice of a nation, (and before anyone of you goes off on me thinking I'm spewing right wing nationalistic nonsense, that nation is hockey.)

[@sillygoose635]

this nation isn't even yours to begin with 😂😂😂

[@dubiousdistinction6500]

@@sillygoose635 it "belongs" to everyone that lives here

[@patarp1350]

@@sillygoose635 Yes it does. It belong to everyone including him who presented national unity for the country. You're probably not even Canadian so it not yours to begin with, since you don't understand.

[@TorontoMapleLeafsfan]

🍁🏒🥅

[@godhere6459]

archie bunker of hockey...

[@creamteam499]

Nothing makes it special anymore. Ugh I hate this world :'(

[@sillygoose635]

historic program that's been on for 90+ years but NOW it's not special? oh please

[@ironhorse127]

Don Cherry makes hnic special. No other reason to watch. Lol

[@sillygoose635]

...the games.

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

the hockey and not his senile xenophobic outbursts ?? hmmm

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

@Ilikebeaversandeaglesupyourass C. It’s an actual word if that’s what you’re so confused about... Not like I said he’s afraid of Xena.

[@nicholaskalicharan4355]

Didn’t know you that sports net still supports racism

[@timburr4453]

good

[@leogalati9182]

first

[@001spring]

racist

[@markus6624]

Jeff Brisson dafuq??

[@kialljacobs8331]

Jeff Brisson your the racist Jeff Brisson you always have been an always will be

[@trolllaloo6166]

Jeff Brisson your moronic

[@sillygoose635]

@@markus6624 no, no. he's Right

[@patarp1350]

@@sillygoose635 no no he's wrong and you are wrong! Nothing was "racist". He rightly told everyone no matter who to wear a poppy. Nothing "racist" about that.

[@CMACANDHERCULES]

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