Oh, here’s another one.
That would be somewhere after his monstrous 1986-87 season when he scored 93 points in 44 games but before he returned to Karpat and scored 67 points in 28 Division I games. In other words, somewhere during his TPS years when he won four Finnish championships in five years.
Read it here.
Here’s my latest from iihf.com:
The regular season is long gone, but let’s look back for just a second and put together an All-Star team, based on the players’ performances between October and March. Drum roll, please… And the envelope… thank you… here we go.
Read it here.
Another story up on iihf.com.
That much the Pelicans already know, they have learned it the hard way. So, while they had only a short fight in the playoffs, they’re not going to go for broke this time.
Read it here.
See this:
More Hankenstein here.
My latest on iihf.com:
Two more wins, and Leif Boork would be getting ready for his TV work at the World Championships in Canada later this year. Instead, he’s back in Brynas, back as the head coach, back to save the day.
Read it here.
When I was twelve years old, I got a book for Xmas. Now, I understand that hockey players (and coaches) and reading don’t always seem to mix, but this was a special book. That book essentially made me who I am. I read it that night, and again the next day. I carried it around with me for a while.
A few years ago, Alexander Ovechkin was just a top prospect, the Sporting News covered the NHL, and I was editor-in-chief of Finnish Hockey magazine. How time flies.
Here’s a piece from the archives: When Risto met Alex. (pdf)
