In mid May 2022, my wife and I went to Helsinki for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. The organizers were quite heavily hit by the Russian attack on the Ukraine as they had to change the Helsinki venue some…
A Nashville Predators Match at the Bridgestone Arena
Apart from visiting Pittsburgh itself, seeing a match at the Bridgestone Arena was likely the highlight of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022. Nashville is obviously a very special place to me – and so I was really nervous…
Watching the New York Islanders at UBS Arena
Already right on the very first day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022, I visited the new home venue of the New York Islanders, the UBS Arena in Queens. The match on 10th March 2022 has originally been…
Floorball Final4 Semifinals at Max-Schmeling-Halle Berlin
As I have been in Berlin but could not and did not really want to do a full coverage of the German Floorball Final4 for various reasons, I at least attended the event as a spectator. A nice reason to…
Beijing 2022 – No Flyctory.com Medal Count, Just Thoughts…
The Winter Olympic Games 2022 are finished. I have to say, I am relieved. It may have been the two worst weeks for sports history since 86 years, likely. You would typically see the Flyctory.com alternative medal count in here.…
KEC “Die Haie” Cologne – ESC Planegg-Würmtal 1-6 (1-2, 0-1, 0-3)
The DFEL (German Women Ice Hockey League) leader traveling to the bottom team of the table (which had, to be precise, significantly less matches than any other team at that point in time): on 6th February 2022, the Cologne top…
VfL Gummersbach (Handball) at SCHWALBE arena
Even though it is a some 50 kilometer drive from Cologne to Gummersbach, the VfL Gummersbach is not only the sports pride of the area around Gummersbach, but also the number #1 team for handball in the million people city…
SSF Dragons Bonn – ETV Piranhhas Hamburg 4:6 (1:3, 0:3, 3:0)
It’s been quite a while ago since I stepped foot into Sportpark Nord, the home arena of the SSF Dragons Bonn. Always a bit special, as I played for the club for a short while. In the meantime, the Rheinland…