Entries from April 2009

April 28, 2009

Only Two Words…

April 22, 2009

Switzerland – IIHF World Championships

I am off to Switzerland to take in some World Championship ice hockey. Should be a good time, if I don’t get lost. I have to fly into Italy and take a train to Zurich. I then have to take two trains back to Italy to catch my flight home. If you don’t hear from [...]

April 20, 2009

A Sweater Look – 2009 Division III Championships

Major find here my friends. There are a ton of photos on the New Zealand Ice Hockey Site concerning this year’s championships. So here we go…
New Zealand – Only wore their all blacks.
Luxembourg – Whites and Darks
Greece – Whites and Darks
Turkey – Whites and Darks
Ireland – Whites and Darks
Mongolia – No Show
Observations:
What is Luxembourg wearing?!?
The [...]

April 19, 2009

Links, Links, Links!

I have done something that I have wanted to do for awhile now. On the side bar there are now links to the hockey related sites and blogs that I frequent. I recommend Puck The Media, nhLOL, Uni Watch and From The Rink as far as blogs go.
Enjoy the Austrailan National Team sweaters that I [...]

April 17, 2009

What a Beaut!

Would you look at that? That, my friends, is something I have been trying to lay my hands on for the better part of 3 years. It is a t-shirt/jersey/sweater from the Lithuanian ice hockey team. I could not find a true jersey, but this is more then satisfactory. For about 100Lt. or about $37.75, [...]

April 16, 2009

IIHF Division 1A Championships

If you would have told me in last April that I would be going to Lithuania to watch ice hockey, I would have told you that you need some help of the mental variety. But low and behold, April 2009 and I was in Siemens Arena in the industrial section of Vilnius, Lithuanian to partake [...]

April 13, 2009

Vilnius, Lithuania – Division IA Championships

It is about 14 hours until I board a plane in Dublin, Ireland and take off on the first leg of my ice hockey adventure. First to Lithuania, to see the Division IA Championships. This is a great coincidence, because my family heritage is from Lithuania so I was planning on going any way. Why [...]