Finally, Don Cherry admitted he likes European players.
"I love Def Leppard! I love Def Leppard!" he said of the U.K. band that rocked the Fox Theatre before and after Thursday night's game for the NHL's special opening night show.
Hopefully he missed Def Leppard's postgame set, when Darren McCarty delivered the Stanley Cup onstage on the back of a chopper.
Mac handed the Cup to lead singer Joe Elliott, who promptly put Lord Stanley's gift on its place of honor on the stage -- upside down.
Grapes might get the idea the Cup doesn't mean as much to Europeans, after all.
A few more outtakes from the opening night game between the Red Wings and Toronto on CBC and Versus:
? Who needs Sidney Crosby? Another new face, etc., of the NHL, is Carrie Milbank, who handled hostessing duties for the festivities at the Fox. She's a former
