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Tag: KHL

The last column: thank you for the hockey

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

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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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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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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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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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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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Who will remember the fans?

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The world junior ends and start another great hockey year

It’s time, to sum up, the hockey year 2016. Perhaps I am…

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The most important hockey meeting in years coming up next weekend

The idea and the aim since the start for the KHL have…

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