Coach's Corner

Coach's Corner
GenreSports commentary
Presented by
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons38
Production
ProducerKathy Broderick
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time
  • 7 min (before Oct 2014)
  • 5 min (Oct 2014–Nov 2019)
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release1982 (1982) –
9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)
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Coach's Corner is a commentary and analysis segment that aired from 1982 to 2019 during the first intermission of the Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) television broadcast of National Hockey League (NHL) games. It featured Don Cherry, and was co-hosted by Dave Hodge from 1982 until 1986, and by Ron MacLean from 1986 to 2019.

The popularity of the segment led to Cherry placing seventh in the television show The Greatest Canadian, ahead of John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, and Wayne Gretzky, considered one of the greatest hockey players.[1]

MacLean has referred to the show as "six minutes of psychotherapy for athletes".[2] The show has also been described as "one of the most watched five minutes on Canadian TV",[3] and Cherry as an "icon of Canadian TV hockey".[4]

The last airing of the segment was on November 9, 2019, two days before the firing of Cherry from Hockey Night in Canada for comments that suggested Canadian immigrants benefit from the sacrifices of veterans but do not wear Remembrance Day poppies.

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