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Risto Pakarinen

Risto Pakarinen is a Finnish freelance writer, and an entrepreneur, based in Stockholm, Sweden. His articles have been published in, for example, The Hockey News, nhl.com, SAS's in-flight magazine Scanorama, ESPN.com, Fast Company, and numerous Finnish and Swedish magazines. His first non-fiction book, Joukkue vailla vertaa ("A Team Like No Other"), about Finland's first hockey world championship team, came out in May 2005.

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Go, Teemu!

  • 05:48 AM ET  05.30
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What were you dreaming about 15 years ago? Have you had a chance to make that fortune, get that girl, win that prize? If you did, would you want to retire at the top? I think not. And yet, that’s what we expect from our sports heroes. We want their stories to end on a high note even though winning the championship, getting that trophy is never the end of the story. Life goes on. The show must go on. And I think no matter whether the Ducks win the Cup or not, Teemu Selanne shouldn’t retire just to finish a story on a high note. He should retire if he feels that playing at that level…

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Peter Forsberg's heart

  • 03:11 PM ET  05.22
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Peter Forsberg loves hockey. Hockey’s the one thing that’s kept him focused through hard times, and God knows he’s been through some tribulations. At his lowest point, a few years ago, he even took a timeout from hockey, to recoup and regroup.He just finished writing an 11-page report from the World Championships, with analysis and recaps of all the games and teams – in great detail. Then he sent the document to his friends.Oh, oh no, this is not the Peter Forsberg who was traded from Philadelphia to Nashville this season. This is a Swedish friend of mine, or a friend…

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Hello, I must be going

  • 03:45 PM ET  04.23
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I want to say that I saw the future of hockey last Thursday. Like when Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen and wrote the legendary – beyond legendary – description about him: “I saw rock 'n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” I traveled to Gavle last Thursday to see Sweden play against Russia so that I could come back and tell you that I had seen hockey’s future. “And its name is Nicklas Backstrom,” I would say. And all the Minnesota Wild fans would read it and think I’m a genius. And when this other Nicklas Backstrom would…

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