Rogers Sportsnet or the CBC don’t have the Coach in their corner. We do!
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Hockey commentator and legend Don Cherry speaks about the NHL playoffs, the Maple Leafs advancing to the second round, playoff fisticuffs, Bobby Orr and his beloved Bruins from his front sunroom at his Mississauga home on Friday, April 21, 2023. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
Rogers Sportsnet or the CBC don’t have the coach in their corner. We do!
That’s right, Hockey Night in Canada’s loss is a gain for the Toronto Sun and its readers, viewers and followers. Game 3 in Tampa, Fla., is the Maple Leafs’ biggest game of the year and Don Cherry believes it will be Toronto’s toughest.
“Saturday night will be the turning point in the series,” the coach said Friday. “It’s going to be something else.”
There’s nothing better than this time of year for Don Cherry. It’s like Christmas.
“I like the playoffs,” said the iconic coach, who will be 90 next February. “There’s nothing better.”
With the Maple Leafs heading down to Florida to play Game 3 of their first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Cherry admits he’s excited for the puck to drop. All hockey fans can relate, but I do admit I sure miss Cherry being on Coach’s Corner in those first intermissions on Saturday nights — and especially in the playoffs.
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So Sun photographer Jack “Boston Bruin” Boland went to his house and we did our own Coach’s Corner.
We call it Cherry’s Corner!
Dressed in his red tartan best and wearing a white rose on his lapel, we started off with Saturday’s Game 3.
“The Maple Leafs have to win and they know it. They have to make the second round,” Cherry said. “I predict they will win the series, but nothing would surprise me. Tampa is a great team. And it all depends on (how) Valensky (Andrei Vasilevskiy) plays in goal. He’s such a competitor — but the Leafs know this is a must win.”