The CBC and Hockey

One of the things I miss terribly about not living in Detroit any longer is the CBC (Channel 9 in Windsor, just across the river), which all Detroiters get as part of their basic cable packages. NO one does hockey better than the Canadian Broadcasting Company, aka the CBC. Both Versus AND NBC should have their executives, play-by-play guys, and color commentators watching tape of each and every CBC airing of the SCF... or even run-of-the-mill broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada. A lot could be learned there and the American networks certainly NEED schooling when it comes to broadcasting hockey.

Part and parcel of CBC's brilliant hockey coverage is commentary from the quirky (heh... at best!) Don Cherry, who's a legend throughout Canada and in certain parts of these United States. Did I say quirky? Well, yes I did. Here's Coach Cherry's entrance into The Joe just before Game Two this past Sunday:



Heh. Apologies to the Dos Equis people, indeed. Cherry has a whole helluva lot more credibility as "the most interesting man in the world" than the actor hired to flog that second-rate beer, or the persona the actor is supposed to project. (Just in case you've never seen the Dos Equis ads... two [among many] are here and here.)

More CBC stuff... here's the intro they did for Game Two, the first 1:30 of which features some GREAT highlights from SCF Game One set to an amusing soundtrack provided by Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Just got home from Illinois/ Locked the front door/ Oh Boy""... OMG!):



Now do you see why I miss 'em?

(h/t: George Malik, who's becoming my Go-To Guy for all things Red Wings)