The end of the National Hockey League lockout means the return of players to big-league ponds, patrons to the pubs and Donald S. Cherry to a TV screen in Canadian living rooms coast to coast.
For the unabashed star of Hockey Night in Canada's Coach's Corner segment, it also means a change in a Saturday night routine that, except on rare occasions, has remained virtually unchanged since ol' Highcollar first teamed with sidekick/foil Ron MacLean a quarter century ago.