Don Cherry Grapevine with Marty McSorley's Dad Marty McSorley Sr

Don Cherry Grapevine with Marty McSorley's Dad Marty McSorley Sr.

Don Cherry has become a broadcasting legend, garnering millions of fans around the world with his "Coach's Corner" segment for Hockey Night in Canada. For over a decade, Cherry also hosted the TV show called The Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the biggest names in sports. Grapevine, aired from 1982 to 1993 and originated on CHCH before moving to TSN.

Marty McSorley [Martin James McSorley] (born May 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 2000. A versatile player, he could play both the forward and defense positions. He was also head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League from 2002 to 2004. He was a valued teammate of Wayne Gretzky when they played together for the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings, serving as an enforcer.

In 2000, his assault of Donald Brashear with his stick, in which Brashear suffered a severe concussion, led to McSorley's suspension and later his retirement from hockey.

McSorley was born in Hamilton, Ontario and grew up near Cayuga, Ontario. He made his NHL debut in October 1983 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but rose to fame after a trade in September 1985 sent him to the Edmonton Oilers. His arrival and physical presence soon made Edmonton's incumbent enforcer Dave Semenko expendable, and McSorley became known as "Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard".

This title followed him to Los Angeles in 1988, when both he and Gretzky, along with Mike Krushelnyski, were obtained by the rival Los Angeles Kings. With the Kings, McSorley's bruising style made him a fan favorite; but he strove to improve his game beyond his work as an enforcer, earning great respect around the league for his hard work ethic, his fine team play, and his articulate intelligence off the ice.

In the 1992–93 NHL regular season, McSorley led all defensemen in shorthanded goals with three.

The Kings reached the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens, but in Game 2 with the Kings up 2–1, McSorley was caught with an illegal stick, which led to the Canadiens tying the game and winning it in overtime. Montreal eventually took the series in five games. McSorley had ten points in the playoffs, and was the only King to score during the final game. Some suggested that he was the second most dominant King after Gretzky in the playoffs.

McSorley was traded in August 1993 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for offensive forward Shawn McEachern. He had played only 47 games for Pittsburgh when the Kings re-acquired him on February 16, 1994.[4] Back with the Kings, he assisted on Gretzky's goal which broke Gordie Howe's all-time goal-scoring record. On March 14, 1996, McSorley left the Kings' organization for good when he was traded to the New York Rangers in a multi-player deal.

After completing the 1995–96 season with the Rangers, McSorley returned to the West Coast upon being acquired by the San Jose Sharks in August 1996. He spent two injury-plagued seasons with the Sharks, then returned to Edmonton as a free agent in October 1998. Confined to a part-time role in his second stint in Edmonton, he left after one season and signed with the Boston Bruins in December 1999.

From 1995 to 1997, McSorley appeared in four movies in small roles: Bad Boys (1995), Forget Paris (1995), Con Air (1997) and Do Me A Favor (1997).

During the 2005–06 NHL season, McSorley worked for Fox Sports West in Los Angeles, providing in-studio analysis of games involving the Los Angeles Kings or the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He provided color commentary for the San Jose Sharks games on FSN Bay Area in 2006-07. His time in that role ended mysteriously midway through the Sharks' playoff series with Detroit, when the Sharks announced McSorley would not return for the broadcast of Game 3 for personal reasons. No further explanation was given.

He appeared in one episode of CSI: Miami in 2005 as rink manager Andrew Greven. On July 30, 2007, McSorley guest starred on ABC Family's Greek as himself playing a hockey goaltender. In February 2008, McSorley was featured as one of the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV.

Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards referred to McSorley in her song "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory", with the lyric, "You're the Great One, I'm Marty McSorley..., I make the dough, but you get the glory." McSorley appears in the song's music video.

McSorley is currently a TV analyst for Sportsnet and occasionally Hockey Night in Canada. He is a regular at Staples Center during Kings hockey games.

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