"If you build it, he will come." That was what the Voice told Ray Kinsella in "Field of Dreams." That was also what the Swedish Elite League teams realized sometime in the beginning of the decade. And they got to work:

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There's a sushi bar not far from here that I used to run or drive to almost every day a couple of years ago. Not a great place, but a good place. This was before I got an espresso machine so most often, I just went there to get my daily latte.

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"Four eyes see better than two". I guess. Yeah, I think so. They should, right? That's why I wrote the headline for this IIHF piece. Click here or just read it after the jump.

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What is it with the Internet that keeps me hooked? The amount of time I spend surfing is, in a word, ridiculous, and I can’t even explain what it is that I do. But I’ll try.

I mean, yes, I do have over a hundred RSS feeds in my reader, and I do read pretty much all of it. (Well, that may be a stretch, I don’t read everything every day but I do scan most of the headlines every day).

But still, nothing beats the Web when it comes to procrastinating.

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Remember back in the day when mobile phone calls began with a cheery, “guess where I’m calling from?” No? Well, they did. Those were the days when mobile phone were still called “car phones,” and calling from your car was the coolest thing imaginable.

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Finns may have invented skates, but she's not doing her tricks on no animal bones. In fact, she may not even have bones in her ankles.

Here's a quick interview with Team Finland head coach, Doug Shedden, off iihf.com.

And here's wishing you Merry Xmas!

And here's my latest from nhl.com. The entire column after the jump.

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Here's the column I mentioned in my previous post.



Click on the thumbnail to get the pdf.

Now I'm also the IIHF's regular contributor, their correspondent in the Nordics. So, check it out, here are the two first stories:

Kärpät, the hockey engine

Swedish referees under attack

Also, an opinion column on mine is running the latest issue of The Hockey News.