I recently introduced you to the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. The museum is also hosting a very interesting sports museum, which is included in the admission. Here is my review of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. …
Watching the Boston Bruins at TD Garden
As the season was practically over after I visited Boston in April 2022 as part of my Weird Al Yankovic Tour Kick-Off trip in April 2022, I decided to delay my review of TD Garden, home of the NHL ice…
Visiting the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Sites in 2022
Even though I haven’t been overwhelmingly optimistic about success on the sports side of the Indian tennis team at the Davis Cup in Lillehammer in September 2022, I was really looking forward to my trip to Norway. One key reason…
A St. Louis Blues Match at Enterprise Center
The last match of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 – being at the St. Louis Blues in their Enterprise Center was definitely special. This Day 8 of my trip was the very first time I visited St. Louis…
Visiting Storhamar Hockey at CC Amfi (Hamar, Norway)
CC Amfi is an ice hockey arena in Hamar, Innlandet, Norway. Sports fans know it as Hamar Olympic Amfitheatre. During the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games, the 7,500 people arena hosted short track (speed skating) as well as figure skating…
NHL Schedule 2022-23 released – Some suggested Icehopping Itineraries
Every year, some time in June or July, I am spending hours and hours looking into flight schedules, checking out travel distances by car and air and typically use a lot of bad words: This is the time when the…
UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex (Pictured Story)
Going to Pittsburgh is always very special to me. Typically, this means that there is a home match of my favorite ice hockey franchise, the Pittsburgh Penguins. On the fourth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022, I…
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 at Helsinki Ice Hall
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…