Old Auction: Alaska For Sale
Long time ago, the U.S. Senate bought Alaska from Russia for $ 7.2 millions. The deal was made during the dark days of March 1867. Now we live ub brighter times. Digging through my...
Monthly Archive: May 2015
What’s Wrong with this Picture?
Here is the test for hockey experts – “What’s actually wrong on this picture?” The answer to the test can be found here. Originally, the question was addressed to Russian fans in the article published...
Golden Goal In Bronze
On May 10, 2015, die-hard Bruins fans and historians celebrated the 45th Anniversary of the Golden Goal by Bobby Orr. The article below was written by Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski 5 years ago. Original article...
The Rise and Decline of Russian Players in the NHL
Continuing our discussion of the Does the NHL like the Russians? article, we’d like to present another infographics developed by Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski regarding the rise and decline of Russian hockey players in the...
Man On the Balcony
‘ As noted by Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski in April 2012, there was a little fellow sitting on the balcony in the South End in Boston. Guess what… He is still there. The South End...
Double Hula
This is the way the exotic part of my backyard looked like three years ago. Never stopped, by the way!
Helmut Balderis
This article originally was published in Russian on September 4, 2009. To me, Helmut Balderis is the best hockey player of all times and nations. No offense to the fans of Gordy Howe and...
Stanley Cup 2015 and Russian Factor
Back when Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski analyzed hockey issues with Russian hockey fan communities, one our approaches to look at the Stanley Cup contenders by the number of Russian trained players on their roster. It...
Sidney Crosby Joins the Triple Gold Club
The 27-year-old Canadian superstar Sydney Crosby joined the prestigious Triple Gold Club after Team Canada destroyed Team Russia 6-1 in the final game for the 2015 IIHF World Championship in Prague. The Triple Gold...
Super Chase
Besides me chasing the planes, there were other unscheduled competitions on the weekend. Here goes a super chase between two kinds of transportation – Team Winthrop vs. Team Delta.
