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Arto Palovaara

Arto Palovaara, Sunday Chronicler for Sports Rants Europe. Previously, he contributed for the betting company Betsafe, Svenska fans, Get real hockey and Ice nation UK. He is also an educated archaeologist and life coach who loves literature and history. Not to forget: probably he is the only sportswriter that plays the banjo.
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The last column: thank you for the hockey

We all come to some turning point in our lives where we

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The spirit of the Olympics must be saved

The rosters have been set for each country for the Olympic hockey

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KHL: The calm before the storm

It seems to be quiet around the lakes Ladoga and Onega and

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World juniors: No more Buffalo, please

Perhaps we have been spoiled through the years with venues filled to

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Why is the World Juniors the most entertaining hockey tournament of all?

While the IIHF, the NHL, the KHL, and the other hockey associations

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What rights do we have to demand that athletes should be clean?

So, it has been decided that Russia as contributing nation is excluded

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KHL: The high and low of the autumn side

If I could mention the politics in the KHL organization, first of

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Super-Eeli breaks the net

One of the biggest differences among many between the KHL and the

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The Olympic hockey drops dead if the KHL withdraws

Those who remember the hockey tournaments in the Olympics before 1998 know

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The #metoo campaign is the best healthy cure for a rotten world

Human evolution is not all about the technical development we have experienced

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Jokerit, a true contender to the title this season?

Let’s throwback to the last season and see what we had when

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Drunk or sober during a championship, how to know and trust?

Most of you have heard or maybe even know more deeply about

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Is the record-breaking SKA St. Petersburg totally unstoppable?

Last season it was far from certain that SKA would win the

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A good outcome of the Swedish civil court

There are always things we wish to be undone, perhaps sometimes even

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Who will remember the fans?

All pro-hockey organizations have retired and hoisted jerseys of hockey players of

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EuroBasket 2017: thanks for the show, new generation

The shift of generations always comes at some point, but I didn’t

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Decency by the KHL to not have a game on this particular day

We have all heard the mantra “The show must go on, blah,

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What if a male player had to pay for playing in the Olympics?

The male side of the game of hockey has been increasing at

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Will hockey in Finland survive as the country will?

Finland is celebrating 100 years this year as an independent country, which

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An open mind for a new season

As usual, it has been a quite busy silly season this summer

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An end of a shifting hockey season

This is the time of the year, at least for me, to

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