Don Cherry

TONIGHT IN WINKLER MANITOBA THERE COULD BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT…
DON CHERRY HAS ARRIVED IN THAT TOWN FOR HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA…
HERE’S THE PROBLEM…
IN 1981 THE SOVIET UNION WON THE CANADA CUP BY THUMPING THIS COUNTRY 8-1…
THE SOVIETS ATTEMPTED TO STEAL THE TROPHY…
AS A RESULT THE WHOLE THING TURNED UGLY…
HERE’S THE TWIST…
IN THE 1870’S THE TOWN OF WINKLER WAS FOUNDED BY RUSSIAN MENNONITES…
A GROUP OF MANITOBA RESIDENTS COMMISSIONED A DUPLICATE TROPHY…HAD IN MINTED IN WINKLER…AND THEN PRESENTED TO THE SOVIET EMBASSY…
YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING???
THIS IS THE SAME DON CHERRY WHO WENT POSTAL ON THE SOVIETS…WHEN THEY INSTIGATED A BRAWL DURING THE 1987 WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS…
OVER THE YEARS CHERRY HAS ACCUSED THE RUSSIAN PLAYERS OF HAVING NO HEART…
IN HIS WORDS…”THEY SUCK”…
HE ALSO LABLED THEM…A BUNCH OF QUITTERS”…LIARS AND CHEATS…
HE CALLED PAVEL BURE…”A LITTLE WEASEL”….
DARIUS KASPARAITIS…”YELLOW”…
AND SERGIE FEDEROV…”A DIVER”…
THAT’S JUST THE START…
THE PLAN IS TO HAVE CHERRY AND DON CHERRY HOST THE FIRST 3 HOURS OF THE SHOW…OUTSIDE…
THE FORCAST IS FOR MINUS 20…WITH A WIND CHILL…
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO MANITOBA YOU KNOW…THERE IS ALWAYS A WIND CHILL…
HERE’S THE KICKER…
WINKLER MANITOBA IS A DRY TOWN…
AS IN…NO ALCOHOL…
LET’S DO THE MATH…
DON CHERRY…PLUS…RUSSIANS…PLUS COLD…PLUS WIND CHILL…MINUS ALCOHOL…
LET THE PARTY BEGIN…