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Don Cherry agrees to one-year deal to return to 'Hockey Night in Canada'
Bill Brioux, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 06:05 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 06, 2016 06:18 PM EDT
TORONTO - TORONTO -- Don Cherry is returning to "Hockey Night in Canada" next season.
The 82-year-old star of "Coach's Corner" has agreed to a multi-year deal, Scott Moore, president of Sportsnet and NHL properties, told The Canadian Press on Monday.
Cherry's two-year deal with Rogers, which owns Sportsnet, expires at the end of the playoffs.
In 2013, Rogers signed a 12-year, $5.2-billion deal for NHL rights in Canada. They took a ratings hit this spring, however, when no Canadian team made the playoffs.
Moore hinted there could be changes coming in the wake of the low-rated playoff run.
"All I'll say is, you tweak as you go," he said at the Rogers programming launch.
He wouldn't offer any specifics on what the tweaks could involve. George Stroumboulopoulos is currently on a five-year deal while Ron MacLean, the man he replaced in the main host's chair who now fronts Sunday's "Hometown Hockey" broadcast, is in the middle of a four-year contract.
Rogers has revamped hockey coverage in this country since taking the reins from CBC, replacing MacLean with Stroumboulopoulos in 2014. The move has been controversial with Stroumboulopoulos seen by some fans as an outsider. Cherry's role has also been reduced under Rogers' leadership, though he and MacLean continue to host their intermission segment "Coach's Corner."
This spring, audience levels fell below the million mark for many early-round playoff games. According to Moore, the three Stanley Cup final games between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the San Jose Sharks have drawn between 1.7 and 2.2 million viewers. This allows him to declare that "hockey is still king," when it comes to sports viewing in Canada. Still, it took until the final round for hockey playoff numbers to edge past what basketball's Toronto Raptors were drawing in their final two playoff rounds.
"As half of the rights-holding group, we're pretty happy with that," Moore said of the surge past the million mark in Raptors ratings. Sportsnet and TSN split TV coverage of the Raptors' playoff run. Moore said deciding which network started each round was decided by a coin toss.
Prior to the playoffs, Raptors broadcasts were down in viewership year-to-year.
"Nobody could understand that," said Moore.
Thanks in part to the Toronto Blue Jays exciting playoff run last fall, Sportsnet's year-to-year ratings sit third overall in Canada behind only CTV and Global and ahead of CBC.
The halo effect from the Jays' playoff run is helping Rogers through its hockey slump this spring. The Jays, who are owned by Rogers, are up 58 per cent in season-to-date numbers compared to a year ago. There have been 10 Jays games averaging more than a million viewers so far this season, compared to just one at this point last year.
Moore says he kidded Jays president Mark Shapiro about the TV success, telling him the club is hurting his hockey ratings. He feels the controversy over the manager switch in the off-season actually helped keep the Jays fan base energized and added to the carry-over in interest from last fall's playoffs.
Moore also talks with Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan and supports his efforts to tear down and rebuild the team, despite the effect it's had on the Leafs TV ratings.
"The Leafs do drive the eco system of hockey in this country," said Moore.
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well I've learned lots about hockey throughout my life, but nothing from him,he is a big bag of wind,
acting on television, as he doesn't talk anything like that off camera, I've heard him many times
just chatting with people, on radio etc., so its all an act.

for years and years, as soon as their segment comes on, we quickly switch to another channel, then come
back when they are finished, same with ron mclean, but I do like his new show, going from city to
city, that suits him, he sould 'just' do that.

there are so many very intelligent hockey people on tv, and they all have passed him by years ago,
they are right up to date with todays hockey, as well as the history of the nhl, he just looks for
things to rant about, he is a joke.
 
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talloola said:
well I've learned lots about hockey throughout my life, but nothing from him,he is a big bag of wind,
acting on television, as he doesn't talk anything like that off camera, I've heard him many times
just chatting with people, on radio etc., so its all an act.

for years and years, as soon as their segment comes on, we quickly switch to another channel, then come
back when they are finished, same with ron mclean, but I do like his new show, going from city to
city, that suits him, he sould 'just' do that.

there are so many very intelligent hockey people on tv, and they all have passed him by years ago,
they are right up to date with todays hockey, as well as the history of the nhl, he just looks for
things to rant about, he is a joke.
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I guess he's our version of Donald Trump...............................hey the two Donalds! :) :)
 
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Halifax collector wins legal battle with Canada Post over 'ripped up' hockey card
Adina Bresge, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 06:36 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 06:40 PM EDT
HALIFAX -- An avid eBay bidder in Halifax has won a legal battle against Canada Post over a mangled Connor McDavid hockey card.
Representing himself, David Wayne Clark told Nova Scotia small claims court he recently purchased the Edmonton Oilers collectible in an online auction for $140 with plans to resell it for more than double that price.
A week earlier, Clark had discovered his slot in his Spryfield community mailbox was insecure. He told the court he alerted Canada Post of the problem and was told his mail would be held at the main post office until the lock was fixed.
Despite these assurances, Clark said he periodically checked the mailbox. He testified mail was still being delivered to his box and some pieces were tampered with - including the valuable hockey card.
"He says that he found the envelope containing the Connor McDavid card in his mailbox completely destroyed - ripped up," adjudicator Eric Slone wrote in his opinion. "He was, of course, furious."
As its sole witness, Canada Post called Paul Messervey, the letter carrier who delivers to the mailbox along his daily route. Messervey told the court he kept the mail and delivered it to Clark personally during the period in question.
In his decision, Slone found it was more likely than not that some of the mail was insecurely delivered and had been vandalized.
"My finding does not rest on a belief that (Mr.) Messervey was lying; rather, it is more likely that an error was made and some mail must have been delivered by his assistant," he wrote. "As for (Clark) himself, he seemed basically credible and I am unwilling to find that he made all of this up."
Slone found Canada Post was negligent in delivering the mail to a defective box where it could be vandalized.
He awarded Clark the full amount for which he purchased the card plus potential profit for a total of nearly $240.
Halifax collector wins legal battle with Canada Post over 'ripped up' hockey car
 
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spaminator said:
Halifax collector wins legal battle with Canada Post over 'ripped up' hockey card
Adina Bresge, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 06:36 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 06:40 PM EDT
HALIFAX -- An avid eBay bidder in Halifax has won a legal battle against Canada Post over a mangled Connor McDavid hockey card.
Representing himself, David Wayne Clark told Nova Scotia small claims court he recently purchased the Edmonton Oilers collectible in an online auction for $140 with plans to resell it for more than double that price.
A week earlier, Clark had discovered his slot in his Spryfield community mailbox was insecure. He told the court he alerted Canada Post of the problem and was told his mail would be held at the main post office until the lock was fixed.
Despite these assurances, Clark said he periodically checked the mailbox. He testified mail was still being delivered to his box and some pieces were tampered with - including the valuable hockey card.
"He says that he found the envelope containing the Connor McDavid card in his mailbox completely destroyed - ripped up," adjudicator Eric Slone wrote in his opinion. "He was, of course, furious."
As its sole witness, Canada Post called Paul Messervey, the letter carrier who delivers to the mailbox along his daily route. Messervey told the court he kept the mail and delivered it to Clark personally during the period in question.
In his decision, Slone found it was more likely than not that some of the mail was insecurely delivered and had been vandalized.
"My finding does not rest on a belief that (Mr.) Messervey was lying; rather, it is more likely that an error was made and some mail must have been delivered by his assistant," he wrote. "As for (Clark) himself, he seemed basically credible and I am unwilling to find that he made all of this up."
Slone found Canada Post was negligent in delivering the mail to a defective box where it could be vandalized.
He awarded Clark the full amount for which he purchased the card plus potential profit for a total of nearly $240.
Halifax collector wins legal battle with Canada Post over 'ripped up' hockey car
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seems like a reasonable outcome to me, interesting story.
 
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Full credit to Sharks goalie Martin Jones and to the Shark's team. You certainly proved you deserve to take this one home. And again the Sharks make this interesting. Good thing I am not a betting person or I'd be hedging them right now.

The Pens didn't come out like a team that was out to prove they deserved to win Game 5. They let the Sharks strike and then San Jose's goalie closed the door. Impressive display by both teams as the Pens did fight back and out shot the Sharks though to no avail.
 
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I just saw the last period, and bits and pieces as I went back and forth from the jays game.

I saw jones defeat murray, and he has done same in the other san jose win as well.
as I said previous, which ever goalie outplays the other, will win.

but again I hope he can do it again in san jose as I don't want to see Pittsburgh win there, if they
are going to do it, do it in their rink.
 
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well, that's it for Stanley cup playoffs, congratulations to Pittsburgh penguins.

too bad they didn't win it in their own rink, but I'm sure the san jose fans will
be gracious as they watch the hoopla and presentations, they did very well, had
a nice team, represented the west in great fashion, we are proud of them.

looking forward to the draft and next season.
 
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kudos to pitt!

excellent game - superbly well played at both ends of the ice with high intensity, immense skill, and determined effort by both squads

I didn't watch as much NHL this year as I've done over the past few seasons but the few games I watched were goodies + this was likely the best one
 
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gopher said:
kudos to pitt!

excellent game - superbly well played at both ends of the ice with high intensity, immense skill, and determined effort by both squads

I didn't watch as much NHL this year as I've done over the past few seasons but the few games I watched were goodies + this was likely the best one
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at the moment I'm much more interested in baseball than hockey, of course its the Toronto blue jays, are you a baseball guy, who do you cheer for.
 
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was hoping sharks would win. :( still think it would have encouraged nhl expansion.
 
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San Jose fans won the 2016 Gary Bettman loudest booing contest.
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yes, my husband and I certainly noticed that, it was quite loud, and went on longer than usual.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when he exits that area into a private area, he probably
curses each and every fan in each and every building he has been in for this ceremony, but
appears with that phony smile on his face, and keeps it glued there till all is over for him,
OR maybe he goes somewhere private and cries, lol, no he doesn't do that, cause his bank balance
shines brightly in his eyes, no room for tears.

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was hoping sharks would win. :( still think it would have encouraged nhl expansion.
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I was definitely wanting the sharks too, its our own pacific coast division, but not sure how that
would affect nhl expansion.

I want seattle to get a team, and they will if only the NBA would return to seattle, they want to build
the building for both sports, NBA AND NHL, but the NBA has to make the first move, then the rest will
fall into place.
 
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