MAC'S MUSINGS: One thing infuriated Ray Miron above all else: Don Cherry - Seaway News

It took two words to ramp up Ray Miron's blood pressure: Don Cherry. The flamboyant Hockey Night in Canada mouthpiece was part of Miron's hockey life for one single, solitary season, but for the Cornwall native who grew up in the east end during the Great Depression, it was akin to a life sentence in purgatory. Hiring Cherry, terminated by the Boston Bruins, was not Miron's idea. The feud between Cherry and Miron centred around goaltender Hardy Astrom. Miron refused to trade him just for the sake of trading. Miron, like Harry Sinden in Boston, quickly tired of the Cherry circus. At season's end, Miron fired Cherry with ownership's blessing. As Hubert Miron said, Cherry should have thanked his brother (for firing him). After Miron's fifth season, the Rockies were sold and moved to New Jersey. Miron, who had been working in hockey as a coach and general manager, and sometimes both, since 1952, re-invented himself as co-owner of the Central Hockey League that started play with six teams in 1992. It was a unique concept. The successful league was sold to sports guru Horn Chen in 2000 for a pile of Greenbacks and Miron retired from hockey. Source: www.cornwallseawaynews.com