Don Cherry says Forsberg is a "backstabbing little weasel"

Vintage Coach's Corner from the 1999 NHL playoffs. This is the entire segment but the Forsberg part starts at 5:00 minutes.
Also included in this segment....
- Cherry critiques Kelly Hrudy's style
- Don Koharski emphatically calls a goal
- Ulf Samuelsson squirts water on a fan
- Don kind of says something nice about Ulf Samuelsson

[@CJM51392]

If Foppa were born in Kelvington, Don would have loved him and called him "Petey".

[@matslarsson3452]

Don Cherry…is that old fart still alive ?

[@Yzerman1991]

even as a Wings fan, Forsberg wasn't "dirty." He was tough, strong as shit on the puck, and played a brand of hockey that shortened his career.

[@IntoTheWildFlyFishing]

Total BS. Learn hockey. Forsberg was ALWAYS dirty. You must not have watched much hockey during that time.

[@cciota]

So what? We praise Scott Stevens for being the best hitter ever while destroying multiple greats careers and talk shit on Peter Forsberg for giving people scars? 2 differences. Forsberg was one of the most gifted hockey players ever when it came to toughness and skill and Stevens was a great defender that aimed to injure people. Why is Forsberg being bashed and I see zero vidoes on Cherry bashing Stevens. Its Canadian bandwagoning and all you guys are on the wagon. FOrsberg did get dirty at times but there is no way he should be compared to guys that are out there with the intent to injure. He played the game his way and sometimes people get hurt when you play his way (It's a very fast game). Not defending Forsberg or Stevens but the game was VERY different in the 90s and you had to do what you had to do to score. Forsberg figured it out for offense. Stevens figured it out for defense.

[@storfarbrorn489]

Yeah, Foppa gave players the same medicine Peter would recieve himself..

[@BaiMisho]

this is why I love Cherry he is funny as hell:)

[@jamesturner1348]

Stevens hit players in open ice with heads up. Forsberg hit from behind. Don't utter your shit here. Weasel boy. Learn the difference between fair play and open ice checks versus taking blind shots. Forsberg solidified his Swedish Weasel bullshit in 2014 with his comments about Canada's winning in Socci.

[@PainBreadzky]

He was no Claude Lemiux, anyway.

[@jbellflower83]

Yeah, Don gets on my nerves. Ill admit, ive always been a Stevens fan boy (he played for my Caps first and i rooted for him in New Jersey) but it does seem like a double standard. Don has been trashing Ovi for years and we all know he would love Ovi if he was Canadian, same with Forseberg.

[@markusthegreat4785]

Forsberg was awesome.

[@jimturner4937]

not really. overrated and worse, a weasel just like Don claims. He proved it when Sweden lost in 2014 with his pathetic, sore loser comments about the refs because Sweden got it handed to them by Canada.

[@b13cartel]

If you think 885 career points in 708 games is overrated, I question your hockey knowledge and you have no business commenting on who is and who isn't overrated. Forsberg was one of the most dominant players in his era.

[@markusthegreat4785]

b13cartel Exactly, i'd say highly underrated.

[@jimturner4937]

I think any weasel and sore loser is just that. Questioning my hockey knowledge doesn't change a thing. Far overrated. In the same group as: Lundqvist, Sundin. If you want a class sweden player, you have to go back to Kent Nilsson, Naslund, Geez, the Swedes couldn't even beat the mocked up European team in the World Cup of Hockey and watching Nathan MacKinnon undress Lundqvist...priceless.

[@jimturner4937]

Spoken like a true european socialist: if someone doesn't agree with you, then you try to discredit them and failing that, censor them. "you have no business and I question your knowledge". Uh-huh!

[@Swim2TheMoon]

There's a story about Forsberg being Crosby's hero, and the first time Crosby played him, Forsberg took runs at him all game.

[@vega21]

good.

[@jaredreynolds7115]

Goat

[@segasys1339]

Source? Crosby's favourite player growing up was Steve Yzerman.

[@Swim2TheMoon]

@@segasys1339 My source is my memory. I didn't say he was his favorite, but maybe I should have just said, "Crosby looked up to Forsberg" instead of Forsberg being his hero. Cute of you to demand a source on a KZbin comment about hockey.

[@segasys1339]

@@Swim2TheMoon lol cool glad we got that settled.

[@sonnykarlsson4410]

Don cherry likes Canadian boys 🤣

[@pstandlee]

Talk about out of context! McCarthy, Shanahan, Maltby were giving cheap shots and those hits were Forsberg responding. I can’t remember how many times a redwing would go after Foresberg. Go watch the history of beef on the Avs and Redwings.

[@pela101]

Forsberg & Cherry both Winners in different Leagues.Forsberg is the best player in the clutch & grab era. Cherry is the biggest joke in the same era.

[@jacobh4351]

Feels like don cherry is a bit butt hurt that he never reached the same level as a European player. Forsberg is the goat

[@halarmad]

Forsberg was a bit dirty, especially agianst Detroit...! But that's how that rivalry was! Mean and dirty! He actually was "too dirty for his skills". He is, in my opinion, by far the best Swede and Eurpean ever and the third best ever behind Gretzky and Lemieux (he was probably better than Gretzky(as a complete player) but you have to respect the time difference and the points Gretzky put up!!!. He was dominant almost every shift and he put up amazing numbers on a second line and he showed up in the play offs and every time for Sweden in the Olympics, World Cup and World Championships!

[@mikescorpio13]

you nailed it

[@vega21]

Don should show Steve Yzerman butt ending Forsberg in the World Cup lol Forsberg lived and died by the gun thats why his career was cut short.

[@jimturner4937]

I've seen that footage several times. Forsberg slashes then clutches and grabs Yzerman. As Yzerman attempts to wrestle free, Foreskin dives and puts on an act to attempt to draw a penalty. it's the European way.

[@19stalkern]

I agree.... Forsberg was a hell of a player, but he was also a little bitch. Hell, Larionov took him down....

[@werdlilfelow]

Wrestle .... with the stick ????

[@ericwatson3490]

vega21 clearly you cant see. Forsberg was the original crybaby of the nhl

[@insertnamehere1792]

Jim Turner lol stfu Xenophibic ass hole

[@Freechill74]

6:54 Ron's face when Don nearly stays horseshit

[@andrewvanmeer3640]

Forsberg was one of the best play making and clutch tough as nails power forward in the game.. yeah some of his checks were a bit uncalled for but check tape... he brought it all every game... HOF!!.

[@TOMMACMILLAN-fw6oh]

Little did Don know at the time ..... He had another ... "Backstabbing Little Weasel" sitting right next to him !! Ron The WEASEL Mclean !!!!

[@markjacobsen121]

How many cups did Forsberg get? How many cups did Cherry get?

[@Mohazah]

Mark Jacobsen 2. 0.

[@19stalkern]

Yeah, because THAT'S relevant to the topic.... Let me try.... How many pairs of shoes does Forsberg own? How many pairs of shoes does Cherry own?

[@Mohazah]

19stalkern you tell me

[@jakeberger4472]

That was possibly the worst analogy possible.

[@19stalkern]

Right?

[@muttonbuster]

A bang bang play?! When Suter took the lumber to Kariya's jaw, it was a good second after Suter had just seen the puck go into the back of the net, and might as well have been before the game. A late hit during an intense game is one thing, trying to take off someone's head because they just made you look like you were standing around picking your nose is quite another.

[@crannyscustoms]

I love cheery but forsberg is a guy who changed hockey like gtretzgy. He was one of the best. He was like the first cam Neely don eat that buddy.

[@ronmailloux8655]

Cam would drop the gloves and back up his play forsberg never did

[@crannyscustoms]

@@ronmailloux8655 you better check some footage. He might not have been a fighter but he could hit.

[@Losrandir]

For one thing, I don't think the coach would've liked Forsberg to be fighting... maybe not Neely either, but he was pretty much one-of-a-kind, that guy

[@robertjansson7968]

If Forsberg been canadian don would have loved him. Two of don's favourite players were doug gilmour and jeremy roenick. Forsberg was just as tough but way more skilled.

[@MarquisdeSuave]

Don Cherry was Skip Bayless before anybody heard of a "hot take". He just said stuff to cause controversy, not because he actually felt a certain way about someone.

[@glennjonsson1819]

Cherry thought fighters were important to protect the stars. Forsberg took care of himself. It shortened his career. It was brilliant seeing a superstar dishing out and taking abuse without making noise about it. Forsberg big man, Cherry very small man.

[@vcli1]

Don who?

[@mosesbacke2311]

Forsberg was high class, Cherry never was in anyway. "Backstabbing weasel" had actually been a better nickname for him than "Grapes".

[@TrggrWarning]

Peter the great

[@CipherSerpico]

5:38 Right as Forsberg goes to hit him-Chelios turns away from him. You can see it clear as day if you watch it in slow motion. I don’t see how that’s “intent to injure”, unless you’re talking about Chelios trying to injure himself.

[@19stalkern]

The Avalanche jerseys came with built-in bras.

[@lomekian]

Forsberg was a genius and a player who could take over a game, but he was also an incredibly dirty, nasty so and so, who had he not been on a team with so many tough players who could protect him, he would have had not been able to get away with half of what he did.

[@epistades1]

It's called playing with an edge.

[@LorentzHallMusic]

If you get slashed, hacked, poked, ridden on, punched, you too would have dished out revenge. They assaulted him every game and the refs knew it, so they let him retaliate. It’s fair. The only times he did these things was in retaliation, against other top guys that had good games, when the game was on the line, or if he was about to loose. If MJ goes down in sports history as the athlete that absolutely loved to win, Forsberg is the one that absolutely couldn’t stand loosing.

[@sickemboy9352]

"Watch Dougie get hit here, kids don't you ever do this, and watch Wendyl boy I love that Wendyl boy" such insightful analysis....

[@K60P]

Ehh... Jim Turner... Peter Forsberg is a member of Hockey Hall of Fame... what does that tell you? It allways amuses me to read what "experts" like you run your big mouth about... maybe you should keep some of your "expert opinions" to yourself... oh and by the way.... Mats Sundin 1346 games 1349 p is also in Hockey Hall of Fame... and they are both Swedes... and do i need to mention Niklas Lidström 1564 games 1142 p James Norris Trophy 7 times... and i can go on... there are several other great Swedish hockeyplayers... Daniel & Henrik Sedin... both Art Ross Trophy winners, Daniel Alfredsson 1246 games 1157 p, but i guess non of them can play hockey, in your opinion.... they all come from Sweden... and i suppose you know how tiny Sweden is, compered to Canada or USA... still we have 2 Olympic Gold medals, and have produced several world class players.... Canada have over 500 000 registered players, Sweden less than 70 000... So come on, my Canadian and American friends... doesn´t that deserve some respect !?!

[@dzanier]

What he said about the stick throwing the goalies off is a valid point.

[@joecallanan6086]

ez to be ballsy (Forsberg) when Claude Lemieux is on yer wing>

[@jimedwards9310]

Yep. Be like yzerman. Always. ❤❤❤

[@maxlogic948]

FN Peter had the skill of Wayne and the the hitting ability of Stevens..... Like Wayne said, "He the total package"... & I'm Candain too!.... cheers beers!!

[@Richardtv1968]

Don cherry is a clown

[@kenneththorberg6914]

Has this guy ever said something that wasn´t meant for the headlines ? Did anyone take him seriously ?

[@SportsPlug-cp1eq]

To be fair he played dirty vs 2 notoriously dirty players in Shanahan and Chelios lol.

[@swy334]

those were from behind...

[@BadstreetMI]

The no-respect era of hockey... Thank you so much instigator rule.

[@luisalizondo4973]

You cant say that Forsberg is ....

[@ELizabeth_Beeza]

BRING BACK DON CHERRY

[@stevenbiggar8223]

I take Forsberg on my team any time,, plays with grit,, and a good team leadership..

[@waldemardaninsky25]

This guy Don is a goofball

[@SliptreamSaint]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGLPZGSKdpWAgqM Cherry is wrong with the Suter cheapshot: it was another concussion with a cross check to the jaw. Not exactly a "Bang bang play, that was nothing". Skip to 6:53 to see Kariya's point of view on such cheapshots.

[@KiwisCovers2112]

lol Ron Maclean always trying to say something but Cherry doesn't know how to shut up.

[@Losrandir]

Most of the time he's just giving some back

[@carboncubss]

Coach's corner, the best hockey show ever!

[@jbellflower83]

This is why i cant respect Don. His bias against European or Russian players is annoying. Peter wasnt dirty, he was tough. As tough as any Canadian or American player. We all know if Peter was Canadian, Don would sing his praises. Same with Ovechkin.

[@jefflindsey2783]

Peter Forsberg is a legend!!! Don Cherry is a clueless old man.

[@rodbottomley4514]

Sadly Rudy replaced Cherry. Very Very Very sadly. What a watered down hockey wasteland hockey intermissions are now.

[@hunterkipp7479]

WTF U TALKIN ABOUT DON CHERRY, Forestburg did nothing wrong. Peter for president

[@ericwatson3490]

Hunter Kipp forsberg was the original crybaby of the nhl

[@coolybop66]

I miss Don Cherry. We didn't know what we had when he was doing coaches corner. The way how CBC/Sportsnet got rid of him and on Rememberance Day was like rubbing salt into an open wound. Don Cherry was a cultural icon and I miss his edgy but truthful comments and his hockey knowledge. Now you have these woke commentators towing the line along with that communtist/marxist Ron MacLean. I will never look at Ron MacLean the same ever again, what a 2 faced p.o.s he is along with CBC/Sportsnet. This is to Don Cherry, if you ever read this comment, we miss you and it would have been good if you were able to retire with your job intact or on your terms or until CBC/Sportsnet was ready to move on after your contract was over. The silent majority still misses you and still respects you and supports your free speech and opinions about people wearing the poppy, which was the truth by the way. It seems these days that guys with Don in their name are truth tellers and not afraid to stick up for what they believe in.

[@LorentzHallMusic]

I think that he should have been fired and banned from all television after his comment on Forsberg. 😊 You just don’t speak disrespectfully about the GOAT.

[@coolybop66]

@@LorentzHallMusic Forsberg isn't the GOAT and he is a little weasel with that hit on Shanahan from behind.

[@perberg8099]

Svennarna kritiserar ofta "de andra"

[@peepDeli]

Looks like Cherry is on here trying to defend his bullshit with the alias Jim Turner lol.

[@joaquingonzalo1945]

Forsberg was a skilled player but he was very very dirty also.. Cherry is right !!

[@benhopp479]

looked like a clean hit to me

[@vikingkrigare5329]

Well he's totally right here. Greetings from Sunny Sweden

[@1454LOU]

cherry is the trump of hockey.

[@cchapman7101]

Don doesn't even know he is a racist

[@brettpatterson404]

Swedes are white like Cherry

[@anthonychrisbradley]

Lol. Cherry is just butthurt that his mimico boy had to get some stitches. Boo-hoo.

[@C-J2000]

hahaha this Cherry guy is a joke

[@jimturner4937]

+C-J, no you're the joke.

[@C-J2000]

Jim Turner great comeback bud. Doesn't change the fact though

[@jimturner4937]

There's no fact to change. Just your useless opinion which carries no weight.

[@C-J2000]

Jim Turner Then why are you getting triggered? Dont Cherry is a knobhead and you seem to fit into that same category aswell.

[@jimturner4937]

+C-J LOL. Triggered? Not at all -- just think you're a joke. You have your opinion, I have mine. Knobheads and Foreskins are one and the same ilk and brand. Sounds like you're "triggered". I just know enough about Don that he's been around hockey a long time and knows a weasel when he sees one. He calls out Canadian and American players when they act like idiots. Period. Europeans are just thin-skinned and soft.

[@Billy-Box]

Forsberg was the same in the swedish league. He was good but also a dirty coward.

[@rjchavez4897]

As a Wings fan, Forsberg WAS dirty. He ran like a bitch from fights and took guys' backs every chance he got. Dude didn't have to play so cowardly with the unreal talent he had. Cherry gets this one right.

[@LorentzHallMusic]

What you don’t get is that he didn’t want to fight. He wanted to play ice hockey, and when people constantly played dirty against him, his way of fighting back was to retaliate. Players usually respected that he didn’t want to fight, and that if they did him dirty they would be on the receiving end shortly thereafter. Even though I love the fights, the fights aren’t ice hockey. Fights are calibrating tools so that players wouldn’t kill each other out there. I don’t know how you can call a player a bitch after he has slashed and cross checked Hatcher and McSorley.. 🤣

[@IntoTheWildFlyFishing]

@rjchav You're correct. Forsberg was dirty his whole career. Great player, no doubt. But, he was fn cheap.

[@IntoTheWildFlyFishing]

@@LorentzHallMusic wtf are you talking about? put down the pipe.

[@epistades1]

...Meanwhile he's in the H.O.F.

[@bobmeyer854]

Cherry is so right. Forsberg was super talented but was also one of the dirtiest players of the era. Anybody who doesn't think so is a homer fan of his or isn't old enough to remember.

[@timchumichuck306]

They were dirty hits but I have no sympathy for Detroit. Be like Yzerman, useless in the playoffs. I'd Rather be like Sakic

[@IntoTheWildFlyFishing]

Useless? What are YOU smoking? Detroit won more cups than the Avs in that time period. Also, not one person would ever take a prime Sakic over a prime Yzerman. Also, the call Stevie "the Captain" because he was the greatest captain in NHL history. Homer gonna homer, I guess. Yzerman 2002 playoffs 23gp 6g 17a 23pts ON ONE KNEE! He could barely stand up. Sakic 2002 playoffs 21gp 19pts. Completely healthy. I'll take Yzerman over Sakic any year, any time. Stack up Yzerman's best years against Sakic's. Sorry, Yzerman was better. And he was on weaker teams. Nice try, though! NEXT!

[@jogendron6320]

Sakic > Yzerman NEXT

[@Aki.Madness]

Don is awesome... i hate forsberg. well i hate allmost all swedes but thats bechause im Finnish. Sorry

[@chrille11]

Well we hate you gays back.

[@LorentzHallMusic]

Hahah.. Your ancestors built nice castles for us before we released you guys. Forsberg and Selanne are friends. I was happy for you when you won your Olympic Gold. Don’t be salty, Sonny boy.