Whoah! I went deep into the archives, and see what I found! This profile on Jarmo Kekäläinen, St. Louis Blues’ assistant GM.
Here’s a pdf but that’s mostly just for looks. 
Click below to get to the story without the photos. (Although, Susanne’s photos are pretty sweet).
Alpo’s the word of the week. Here’s something I wrote for the IIHF.com.
While he’s worried about Finnish hockey – “we have truly professional organisations only in two cities” and “how could the Finnish league be one of the best ones in the world with 200 of our best players are playing in other leagues” – he’s not just shooting his mouth off at the sidelines. He’s back in the saddle in Pori, and he was recently elected to the Finnish hockey association’s coaching committee.
More here.
Just got off the phone with Alpo Suhonen, Finnish hockey coach, and a free thinker. I’m working on a piece about him – soon, soon – but I know already that I’m going to use parts of the interview in several occasions. His every sentence held an insight, and I kid you not.
Speaking of kids, Alpo compared himself to the kid who was standing by the road when the Emperor came wearing his new clothes that were made of a magical fabric that you couldn’t see if you were stupid or unfit for your job.
You know, Keiserens nye Klæder
Alpo has a lot to say about a lot of things, and he’s never been afraid to speak his mind or do whatever he thought was the right thing to do.
But you know what the last line of the story is?
[The emperor] carried himself even more proudly, and the chamberlains walked along behind carrying the train that wasn’t there.
Good luck, kid.
If you do, then maybe you want to run out and get the latest issue of HOCKEY, a magazine published by the Swedish hockey federation, and curiously enough, the only magazine covering Swedish and international hockey in the country.
So, grab your coat, and get the mag. Look for these two spreads:
Have fun.
Here’s another column from nhl.com, right after the jump. So, you can get it here, or you can get it at nhl.com.
Oh well, you get it.
“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:
“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.
Here’s the column I mentioned in my previous post.
Click on the thumbnail to get the pdf.
