ESPN adds Cherry to beef up NHL playoff coverage

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Worlds are colliding: Don Cherry joins ESPN
Published 5/6/2008 at Puck Daddy
... Well, Cherry will be back on U.S. television during the playoffs this season ... only it will curiously be for a network that doesn't (currently) have the rights to the NHL. William Houston of the Globe & Mail reports today that Don Cherry has temporarily joined the ESPN hive collective: ...

ESPN adds Cherry to beef up NHL playoff coverage
Published 5/6/2008 by Fraser at The Hockey Herald
via Globe and Mail: Don Cherry is taking his commentary and wardrobe south of the border, where he will make regular appearances on ESPN during the NHL’s Eastern Conference final. “I guess they like my jackets,” the Hockey Night in Canada personality said yesterday. Cherry and Hockey Night host Ron MacLean will leave the CBC’s Toronto studio for the road to cover the Philadelphia Flyers-Pittsburgh Penguins series, which will start on Friday. Cherry will do live hits by ...

ESPN Taps One Of Canada’s National Treasures For Playoff Commentary, Ignores Another
Published 5/7/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... ESPN announced Tuesday they’d augment their coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the analysis of the CBC’s Don Cherry. ...

ESPN Adds Don Cherry To Sweeten NHL Coverage
Published 5/7/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... to set his butt down at the Bristol anchor desk. Now, the Worldwide Leader is hoping to repeat the same success with the NHL playoffs (or at least the same media buzz) by bringing aboard ...