Don Cherry
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former[1] ice hockey commentator. He is also a sports writer, as well as a retired professional hockey player and National Hockey League (NHL) coach.
| Don Cherry | |
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 Don Cherry pictured at the CBC Winter Launch in 2010 | |
| Born | 5 February 1934
(aged 92) |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | Hershey Bears Boston Bruins Springfield Indians Rochester Americans Vancouver Canucks (WHL) |
| Playing career | 1954–1972 |
In 2004, Cherry was voted by viewers as the seventh-greatest Canadian of all-time in the CBC miniseries The Greatest Canadian.
Cherry played one game with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five seasons.
From 1986 to 2019, Cherry co-hosted Coach's Corner—a segment aired during CBC's Saturday-night NHL broadcast Hockey Night in Canada.[2][3]
In November 2019, Cherry was fired by Sportsnet from Hockey Night in Canada for comments that appeared to suggest Canadian immigrants did not adequately show support for Canadian veterans by purchasing a poppy on Remembrance Day,[4] though he later clarified he was referring to all Canadians.[5]
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Cherry was inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame in 2019.
Cherry with Ron MacLean at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The two were partnered on Coach's Corner from 1986 to 2019.
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References
- ↑ "Don Cherry: Canadian hockey pundit fired for poppy rant". BBC News. 11 November 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50241256. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ↑ "The Don Cherry Lexicon". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/doncherry/stories/lexicon.html. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ↑ "Don Stewart Cherry". The Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12256. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ 'I don't regret a thing': Don Cherry speaks out on his firing and Ron MacLean | CTV News. www.ctvnews.ca (11 November 2019). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ↑ Temming, Stan. Don Cherry explains what he meant by 'you people' in poppy rant (in en-US). Yahoo Sports (2019-11-13). Retrieved 2026-03-05.
Other websites
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
