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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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IIHF Worlds: Au revoir Paris, Auf Wiedersehen Köln  

The IIHF worlds are over for this year, therefore I wave my

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IIHF Worlds: Finland negatively in vogue

Well, I might have to take back some things I said about

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IIHF is alive and steaming hot in Central Europe

A lot can be said about the organization of the IIHF, the

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IIHF Worlds: A wide-open story

While the Stanley Cup is still ongoing, the European club hockey season

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Protectionism won’t make the hockey world grow

Sometimes I really believe that we all are watching a giant sandbox

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SKA St. Petersburg are back at it as Gagarin champions of 2017

At this time of the year, that emptiness strikes one again after

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The adult leaders have failed thoroughly

The World juniors or any youth tournament during the 1980’s or even

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The hockey gave a moment of peace from the terror attack

On my way home around 15:15 in the afternoon I received a

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Gagarin Cup: do we have an epic final coming up again?

We have some days to inhale and exhale until we get up

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Crosby, a rat or a true superstar?

Well, Mr. Crosby has been in vogue the latest week because of

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Gagarin Cup: Lokomotiv speeds on towards the Cup

We all remember the tragic day when the whole team of Lokomotiv

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To all hockey leagues: accept the game’s nature

When I was thinking back to my childhood while writing about this

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Gagarin Cup: Watch and learn, hockey teams, from the Green derby

There are a lot of derbies around the world in many sports

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Gagarin Cup: Oskar Osala on his way to becoming a legend

A lot of focus has been on Laine, Aho, and Puljujärvi the

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Gagarin Cup: Are Afinogenov shooting Vityaz to the sky?

Most previews I have seen have had Vityaz Podolsk outside the playoffs.

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Champions Hockey League: Sparta Prague saved a boring tournament

A setback, minor or major, hit the Champions Hockey League tournament this

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Love and passion for life and hockey

Life is beautiful! There is so much in life that is beautiful

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It’s not fair to the teams and their fans

We are about to see the playoffs in various leagues including NHL

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KHL: Which team in each Conference will take the last playoff spot?

Appropriate enough that the KHL All-star game occurred this weekend in Ufa,

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How to keep a place in the NHL nowadays?

As we have noticed, especially we who are a bit older and

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An epic WJC final gave a deeper conclusion about the game

A lot of coaches, sports leaders, and other very wise people have

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