Vintage Don Cherry Coaches Corner: Russian Hockey Sucks

Vintage Don Cherry Coaches Corner: Russian Hockey Sucks

[@tiktokliveencounters9297]

Ron - *breathes* Don - "wait a minute!"

[@BadstreetMI]

This might have been the single greatest Coach's Corner segment of all time. Hilarious.

[@Musicrecords10]

Don gave Canada something this nation severely lacks, pride in their country

[@PuraVid4]

Ron: How about- Don: *cuts in* WAIT A MINUTE!!!! Ron: okay :(

[@liammiddleton3064]

😂

[@jm292]

Don Cherry sounds like he is a manager or wrestler from the 1980's WWF Era here..lol

[@kevinbudzinski9576]

Don Cherry is like the Bobby "The Brain" Heenan of hockey

[@jm292]

@@kevinbudzinski9576 Yeah your right! even more specifically he does sound a bit like Bobby Heenan lol

[@BBQFanNo1]

hahahahaha

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@jm292 *you're

[@fdannn6926]

Ron MacLean referenced Tarasov's quote on Canadian hockey here it is "The Canadians battled with the ferocity and intensity of a cornered animal," said Russian coach Anatoli Tarasov. "Our players were better conditioned physically and stronger in skills then the Canadian professionals. But we could not match them in heart and desire, always the strongest part of the Canadian game." - Anatoli Tarasov, Soviet legend.

[@yodalickstoes9077]

Canadians were always the more skilled team but the Tussians had greater discipline.

[@RevanX]

Russians/Soviets had greater discipline but there is no time in history in which a team had more skill than the Canadians lmfao

[@user-qz3um5rw4g]

@@yodalickstoes9077 LOL

[@fonziheights]

I'm american but I think Cherry is hysterical. I don't know if he gives Canada a good name or bad name but he shows people what a passion Canada has for hockey.

[@bigsteed007]

Only liberal morons would say he gives Canada a bad name. He’s the most patriotic Canadian ever, he tells it how it is and his rant about Remembrance Day was not wrong!

[@carmichael3594]

About the only Canadian that ever spoke up. No he is off the air we just got nothing now

[@CindysBEEZZ]

We got a liberal Joe Biden voter here

[@hueyp1722]

Oh man don cherry never got over the cold war

[@bjorn7100]

He talked smack about European countries and their hockey players in general

[@BBQFanNo1]

hahahahahaha

[@jayfedder1578]

Nobody plays hockey like Canadians is the point. Even if Canadians are outskilled they usually win because of the size of their balls.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

Me neither.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

@@bjorn7100 he backed it up.

[@canuck81]

Boy, grapes sure was hot under the collar here lol.

[@montreal961]

lol "the Sloviaks"

[@reesepacker7983]

Cherry would have giving Bobby Heenan a run for his money as pro wrestling manager lol

[@skippythealien9627]

honestly kind of looks like him too lmfao

[@adzwild]

Love the aggressive arm push to Ron at 0:21

[@_Seagie]

hahaa yea 👍🏼

[@cliffordtaylor1806]

😆

[@SrustinLim]

lmao this is great television. man he's great

[@CookieMonster-mk1ng]

Anytime Cherry gets going --- McLean's facial reactions are the best.

[@Theo-hc5ob]

I love it when he gets fired up.

[@JasonSputnik]

I like the elbow on MacLean at the start of the clip lol

[@kiwanukaz]

I love the helpless co-hosts in all cherry's clips lol

[@LanceCampeau]

ah... back when Don was drinkin'.... I miss those days (or should I say, daze)

[@neilgoldring4832]

3:53 = I love how grapes picks Russia as one of his final four after eviserating the whole 🇷🇺 outfit for like 5 minutes & just chuckles a bit cause he realizes how funny it is😂 Grapes vs Stalin in the Octagon😱................ Who ya got?

[@user-et8pn1wq4i]

My money is on Grapes

[@scottytissue456]

he looked old as shit 20 years ago lol

[@jmb9701]

hes 80 now... so yes, he was old then.

[@applepieclub5012]

Daniel Puckoff and jagr is still playing lol

[@sarahwentforalemonwedgeand8991]

fuck you

[@ianjohnstone6048]

@@sarahwentforalemonwedgeand8991 Thats a tad rude Eh?

[@thomascharters473]

Don will never get off Liut's back lol

[@tomace194]

The russian 5 were amazing . And pavel datsyuk was insane.

[@huntercopeland9371]

Everything don Cherry complains or whines about eventually becomes a big part of the game. Russian players, the European play style, etc. guy is just a dinosaur who can’t accept that change happens.

[@tomace194]

@@huntercopeland9371 i dint hate don. Hes just a old style guy. He likes fighting. And he is really patriotic. Hes just a bitter old dude. We will all get there one day.

[@Ericjr2525]

Only time we lost in the Canada Cup, which this should be called, is when Mike Liut turned into a sieve. LOL Awesome.

[@vega21]

LOVED IT WHEN HE PUSHED RON HAHAHA

[@ShaneDonovan]

the "soviaks" lol

[@tomwhitlock848]

I need more Don Cherry in my life.

[@mikelynch7271]

“Can’t scare em “ ? Hahaha fuckin Grapes gotta love em

[@Etobeeshawn]

Wow...how small were the studios back then. Don and Ron are so close that Ron might be wet from Don's spit from his tirade. They're so close Don had no room for his arm...he had to push Ron's arm out of the way lol

[@TurnerEckhardt]

Chris Chelios had the best quote during this tournament "The Russians would be the best team if there was no body contact.'

[@noraa6665]

The Russians are great when they're the hammer and scoring 6 plus goals a game. When it comes to them back checking, having gritty defense and going to the corners they disappear. When their offense isn't firing on all cylinders teams exploit the glaring lack of defense. It's why they might win some but will never be the consensus number one. Look at the difference with Malkin and Crosby as the perfect example.

[@Tehownilator]

If even just half a percent of Canadians were as passionate about Canada as Don Cherry, we would be the most powerful, fair, and respectful country on this planet. It’s so funny to me how people think of themselves as morally superior to him. If you get into a discussion about all of the time and money he’s spent working hands on with charities and doing great work outside the limelight, which they don’t do, they just acknowledge it while still insisting that he’s still some kind of bad example. We’ve been raised into a generation of nice guys who think being tough and animated means that you must just be a egotistical person. And it’s literally the opposite. Nice guys substitute the way you say things for actually doing anything or value. It doesn’t even matter whether what you’re saying is true or not, as long as it’s nice and gentle and noncontroversial. Meanwhile, these people are just as if not more capable of terrible things cloaked in nice language whether on purpose or not, and we still choose to go after guys like Cherry just for the simple fact that he’s willing to knowingly stick his neck out for his country. I love my country, and for that reason I criticize it because this is all so wrong.

[@lessthanthreemetal]

0:21 Lmao he straight up pushes Ron away from him

[@BeEazzzy]

Don is going off!! Even shoved McLean lmao!!!

[@BHALE101]

just a minute! just a minute ! ahah your a beauty don ahah

[@6chef367]

omg stumbled on this.... VINTAGE Cherry wow prime television

[@MrLilja]

Don Cherry - Making hilarious decisions on shirts, jackets, ties and hockey since forever....

[@jeffbeach510]

Fedorov could skate backwards faster than most players could skate forward

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

He could dive better too.

[@blueshky]

Cool. Too bad "most" doesn't include the very best Canadians :(

[@jeffbeach510]

@@blueshky yes it does

[@jeffbeach510]

@incumbentvinyl9291 no he couldn't. show me some proof

[@douglasschultz9808]

Don Cherry is Canada's Madden.

[@BBQFanNo1]

+Douglas Schultz hahahahahahaha

[@brettpatterson404]

Except John Madden knows football

[@irishmexican2251]

Brett Patterson and Don knows Hockey.

[@brant4394]

Grapppess, loves Canada more than anyone.. but even better is Ron's joke at the end of the segment, such a classic bad/good joke. LOVE IT.

[@54295662134]

0:22 seconds. That one action defines the relationship between these two. Cherry just bosses Ron around and Ron takes it

[@MetalDetroit]

Always will love Don Cherry ! Way to go Grapes ! Thanks CBC !

[@ajam282]

About the time when clark broke the guys ankle and they never win again. And he is proud of it.

[@sid7088]

Paybacks a bitch.

[@SH-mm3yf]

The smallest dog barks loudest.

[@sportsfix6975]

I can just see Don Cherry watching hockey in 2022, what happened to bodychecking? Some games there ZERO bodychecks, even in the playoffs in elimination games.....sad.

[@Lava1964]

Love it! Attaboy, Don!

[@LindzyRae]

I love this guy, he tells it like it is (or at least as he sees things). And he dose it with all the sublty of a brick wall.

[@chaseman12]

it's like a skit from SNL. He's too good

[@elcashman]

this is the best rant in the history of televised sports

[@generalbullmoose]

But Don...tell us how you really feel!! I'm an American...and I LOVE Don Cherry!

[@QueceArt]

russian hockey suck?) Russian nhl players too?) Fedorov, Datsuk, Mogilny, Kovalev, Kozlov, Gonchar, Yashin, Bure, Zubov, Zhamnov, Malkin, Larionov, Fetisov, Konstantinov, Samsonov, Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Kamenski, Markov, Zhitnik, and others and others< yeah so suck) he really serious? or its just clownery?)

[@HelloWorld492]

+Arthur Quece that clip is sooooo old

[@carmichael3594]

Yeah they suck ass man

[@warilban]

lol i love this guy, its like watching a rabid dog in a tantrum. so crazy *whistle*

[@Continuity19]

"Fedorov sucks! Fedorov is diving, he dived last year and hes diving right now" LOL... come on donny-boy go easy on em lol

[@playinragz]

im american and i LOVE GRAPES

[@BBQFanNo1]

hahahahaha

[@BBQFanNo1]

I don't have a problem with Russian or European hockey. What I have a much bigger problem with today in the 21st Century is the hatred toward Canada from Canadians or hatred toward the United States with Americans while the same mass hypocrite people admire and glory other Countries on Other Continents on the other side of the World whose Government violate Mass Crimes Against Humanity and Acts Of Terrorism.

[@kaybee55]

Love how he doesn't even hint that breaking Kharlamov's ankle was dirty as shit.

[@anomiemnemonical578]

Exactly. Just rattled off a bunch of dirty plays. Russian hockey doesn't have that kind of stuff in their game. We've always relied on skill to win

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

@@anomiemnemonical578 Have you been conscripted yet?

[@sid7088]

Paybacks a bitch.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

Would have been Great if Don called McLean A.... "Pencil Necked Geek".

[@chrisdranfield3828]

It’s hard to say a whole country of players have no heart. It’s probably true they didn’t care as much about winning something called the Canada cup as much as Canada did and all the games for them were always road games which puts you at a disadvantage.

[@sid7088]

We beat them in Russia.

[@gmangz1]

"the only time we lost was when laleem turned into a siv..." rofl

[@darianelwood5946]

Is it me but he seems loaded every time he goes on his show?

[@davidreece5867]

Cherry sounds like the Canadian Archie Bunker

[@billmaxxx]

lol, love that fist slam at 2:54.. he narrowly missed Ron's hand with that!

[@opszanski]

"I'm sick of hearing how great Federov is, the guy's a diver, he died last year in the playoffs and he's dying tonight." lmao! can't blame him for the truth.

[@billssportsandwrestlingchan]

And went on to win three Stanley Cups.

[@Blackphillipsupporter]

It's funny cause USA won this tourney

[@liveclassictunes]

who cares... everybody knows hockey is canada's game...

[@sheba1sheba1]

how many world cups usgay have hahahaha not even close to canada

[@donutsubscribe3751]

sheba1sheba1 Us and Canada have the same amount, smartass....

[@sheba1sheba1]

Donut Subscribe ok lets talk world jr and lets talk nhl hall of famers usgay dont have a tenth that we do we rule the hockey world and always have #fact

[@Blackphillipsupporter]

sheba1sheba1 Relax hardo. US Hockey has gotten much better in development over the past decade.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

3:24 - ''The Sloviaks'' Haha!

[@rollinmdma]

I love Don Cherry, reminds me of when Canada was actually Canadian.

[@lianaorleano3944]

I am sure that Russian hockey don't care what he said :D They don't need to prove anything.

[@wolfjaeger7]

Matt Miller it’s a fact man, get over it. I’m not even Russian

[@sid7088]

Russians are a cheating is okay culture. No room for that in hockey.

[@quedorf]

Don knows hockey. He is a great personality, and a great hockey icon.

[@jeffmacleod5872]

No wonder he scurried off air without saying anything when Ovechkin lifted the Cup.

[@Olegstuff21986]

he's a pretty bad russophobe.

[@cliffroberts1774]

I remember watching this live. Lol miss Grapes the good ol Kingston boy.

[@TDoTxBEASTMODEx]

hockey night in russia lmao XD

[@anthonyclark9441]

He couldn't say any of this about the RUSSIAN FIVE after 1997 and he hated it.

[@TravisLoneWolfWalsh]

The problem with Cherry is that if your not Canadian you shouldn’t play hockey

[@highplainsdrifter5367]

Don was born an old man he has never looked young and my god is he over the top

[@miner250]

Don Cherry will never die. He'll just go on ripping the Russkies. Absolute Don Cherry at his best.

[@626010]

Cherry's a beauty!

[@nuklz]

how many players on the bruins are canadian? just asking

[@brec7]

I remember this game, it was quite good, Russia had a goal called off because of too many men on the ice. I'm Canadian but this is Cherry at his bigotted worst. Complaining about the schedule when Canada got two home games? (Compared to Russia & Slovakia's 0.) The worst though is BRAGGING about Clarke's disgraceful slash on Kharlamov. Embarrassing. Kharlamov did come back from that slash (and then a car accident later in his career) which proves he had plenty of heart (and skill too!)

[@edwardgainor1484]

Cherry would know about too many men on the ice, I guess

[@ratherBEaREDNECK]

God I love Don Cherry, he actually has a set of balls

[@zabaletinho]

DON CHERRY IS THE KING!

[@Reinpret]

I love these 2 guys. They are Canadian Blood.

[@ilovedisney14]

ahahah i like how 3/4th of the players he talks about are flyers

[@LewisD91]

god bless Don Cherry.

[@won364]

cherrys always right, especially in this video

[@btman]

thanks it was soo long ago i couldn't remember

[@shakea1985]

mate totally agree with you. Last junior WC showed us that final happened in semi-finals. Great play by both teams of Russia and Canada. Really enjoyed this game even since our team lost. BUt it is clear that these two countries still have a lot to decide between each other ) and we will see who will win in the end. It will be interesting. I am ready to pay 10 000$ for Russia-Canada tickets if it will be finals on Vancouver Olympics. It will be an epic battle :D

[@seinsmeld13]

There is nobody better than Cherry. He makes us Canadians very proud. Anyway.....

[@joeycassone6866]

'They suck! And they always have sucked!'

[@austonsplatpoo1705]

Ya i agree alex ovechkin sucks

[@Mr500248]

he said "they are suck" 😂😂

[@stevecochrane3491]

We have the same problem in America with NBC's coverage of the Olympics. The commentators will go on and on about how great the foreign competitors are but will not say anything about the USA's competitors.

[@VancouverChokers]

Steve Cochrane The sad thing is, there's no one on NBC that I'd pick over Don Cherry except maybe Roenick. That's probably more of an indicator of how bad NBC's coverage is.

[@husseochdoggen]

You will never see a line like the first one in CSKA Moscow again. So much more brilliant than dumb and chase canadian hockey. Last final in the olympics was Finland - Sweden, and when Detroit beat colarador last week, all the 8 goals was made by swedes. Go Canada Go!

[@djlim0n]

"Darius Kasparitis? How can you question HIS integrity?" Ron, you aren't even second best.

[@MrTwister4Life]

cherry > russia

[@Trip.L.L.L]

@hanksnow2 i got one question 4 you who won the gold at winter oylpics this year....and what did russia get ..... that all i got to say

[@91hockeyplaya]

@MrRob7004 true but it never turned out that way so it brings up good conversation

[@stingersplashentertainment3410]

Xenophobic

[@ME16510]

@Stinger Yeah, fuck off, you slimy fucking commie.

[@tommclarty17]

I agree with Grapes. And I’m not xenophobic. I just believe that Canada is the best hockey country in the world and all the other countries aren’t as good. That used to be called patriotism.

[@wolfjaeger7]

R. M you can have also pride by just being proud of your country instead of bashing other countries. This guy‘s either a xenophob or has complexes that’s it

[@UpWithTheIrons666]

Russian hockey even dominated the NHL at that point in time Don. The Russian 5 will never be matched.

[@liveclassictunes]

Russians have skill but no heart.... it's well documented. Canadian hockey will always be superior to Russian hockey.

[@mikedasilva8087]

liveclassictunes you are insane

[@liveclassictunes]

thanks mr. rocket scientist...

[@liveclassictunes]

yeah you can't compare both... Canada is in a league of their own when it comes to hockey.

[@UpWithTheIrons666]

***** You don't watch much of the World Juniors do you? Or World Championships in general...

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

How bout tonight? Eric slaps that yellow little Kasparaitis around! Eric grabbed the little rat, slapped him around a little! 3-1! Can't scare them?!? Don you rule.

[@Aerez25]

"Don Cherry is one of the most intelligent analysts in Canada" Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Most intelligent Hahahahah, that was a good one

[@fentonhardy8176]

You tell him Don. The Russians, I hate the Damn Russians.

[@suryavajra]

why exactly?

[@fentonhardy8176]

suryavajra Believe me it comes from as Far back as World war two. The Russian Communists Nearly killed my Father by Starving him to near death, but my Father Was lucky he lived a while longer. I am part German on my Father's side so that is why he Fought the Russians.

[@suryavajra]

Fenton Hardy I can see why you have those strong feelings. Was your father in the Wehrmacht?

[@fentonhardy8176]

suryavajra I don't know, he was Drafted in 1944, he didn't exactly believe in Hitler, I mean he loved Germany as a Country but he hated the NAZI's, I don't know what unit he was in exactly.

[@suryavajra]

Fenton Hardy I see! Yeah i can imagine many soldiers in the Wehrmacht were motivated to fight based on their homeland. I wonder if military records survived...

[@jeffhickman10]

Love Don Cherry. Always did, always will. He tells it like it is.

[@jeffhickman10]

Figure it out, genius.

[@fentonhardy8176]

+jeffhickman10 Agreed.

[@fentonhardy8176]

***** A White man? There are thousands of White men in North America, many are good, I am a White man, and I will try not to be racist but you already have been. So Go to hell you Dumb Whateveryouare! You are a Bigoted [Content Censored]! So shut your mouth Dummy and Bigot!

[@tommclarty17]

1:12 if you wanna go pre-9/11 and get a taste of Canada vs Russia in the game of hockey when it comes to the importance of hockey to Canada. In a good way, btw.

[@decleafs4]

@DrumzzKool I agree with that. He also brings a fantastic sense of humor to all he does........even after the tirade he picks Russia to finish in the top 4. LOVE Grapes.