I agree with not calling them warriors as it can belittle the true warriors. What an athlete fights for is nothing in comparison to what a solider fights for.
Seeing as Hawerchuk spent most of his NHL hall of fame career in Winnepeg,I,m sure Macleans twist on words was to have the noisy fans to back off and show some respect.
Why wouldn't CBC put their jester(Cherry) with annointed royalty.