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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.

The last column: thank you for the hockey

Arto Palovaara Feb 26, 2018 0

We all come to some turning point in our lives where we change direction and we do that through feelings, interests, and experience. I have come to the point that I want to…
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The spirit of the Olympics must be saved

Arto Palovaara Feb 4, 2018 0

The rosters have been set for each country for the Olympic hockey tournament in South Korea since a while ago. Many of those participating hockey players would normally never…
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KHL: The calm before the storm

Arto Palovaara Jan 14, 2018 0

It seems to be quiet around the lakes Ladoga and Onega and the rivers Lena and Jenisej. Volga and Neva seem to flow peacefully this time of the year. Probably one or two you…
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World juniors: No more Buffalo, please

Arto Palovaara Jan 7, 2018 0

Perhaps we have been spoiled through the years with venues filled to the brim during this time of the year when the World Juniors take place as one of the best hockey tournaments,…
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Why is the World Juniors the most entertaining hockey tournament of all?

Arto Palovaara Dec 17, 2017 0

While the IIHF, the NHL, the KHL, and the other hockey associations are arguing as usual about how to form and make new deals or set up new leagues, the juniors are preparing…
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What rights do we have to demand that athletes should be clean?

Arto Palovaara Dec 10, 2017 0

So, it has been decided that Russia as contributing nation is excluded from the Winter Olympic Games in Pyongyang, South Korea and that the Russian athletes who are clean are…
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KHL: The high and low of the autumn side

Arto Palovaara Nov 26, 2017 0

If I could mention the politics in the KHL organization, first of all, I’d say that they have as you know made some moves forward, especially expanding towards the east and cutting…
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Super-Eeli breaks the net

Arto Palovaara Nov 19, 2017 0

One of the biggest differences among many between the KHL and the other European leagues is that when a player is just a bit above everyone else, it so crystal-clear obvious in…
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The Olympic hockey drops dead if the KHL withdraws

Arto Palovaara Nov 10, 2017 0

Those who remember the hockey tournaments in the Olympics before 1998 know that they were what they were, not the best hockey but far from the worst. At least, it was something…
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The #metoo campaign is the best healthy cure for a rotten world

Arto Palovaara Oct 29, 2017 0

Human evolution is not all about the technical development we have experienced since the early 18th century when the industrialization expanded. It is certainly also about our…
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