MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Outside the Paramount Fine Foods Center, a hockey arena in this ethnically diverse suburb of Toronto, a storm was dumping snow and causing chaos Monday night. Inside, parents of kids playing the country’s national sport discussed a very different storm: The one that led Rogers Sportsnet to oust longtime hockey commentator Don Cherry after on-air remarks that were widely perceived to be anti-immigrant.
“I don’t think they had a choice, unfortunately,” said Gary Camilleri, before the Mississauga Senators minor midget AAA team that he coaches took to the ice. “The public cries, and they have to answer.