Marco Meneghetti
Born and raised in Northern Italy, not so far from the Alps, Marco holds a BA in History and a MA in Medieval History, both at the University of Venice. He has previously worked as a music journalist, as well as having started an Italian-language blog ("Italy's Gaelic Corner") focused on Irish sports. He currently resides in Nürnberg, Germany, where is working at his PhD thesis and following the DEL and other European leagues.
Author's Posts
Prague's Euro-Drama Gives Sweden a Shootout Victory
May 1st, 2015 The first day of the IIHF World Championship hosted a handful of long-awaited matches, including some of the highest-rated national teams of the world. Among today's clashes, the one between host country Czech Republic and Sweden was probably one of the most interesting. Here's a summary of the magnificent match staged in Prague by the...
Pucks from Riga: Latvia and the Way to the 2015 World Championship
April 28th, 2015 Among the former Soviet republics, the most frequently mentioned "hockey countries" (after Russia, of course) are usually Belarus and Ukraine, sometimes Kazakhstan too: but in the last few years a "new" regional power is also emerging, and it goes under the name of Latvia. In the following paragraphs I will outline the history of its...
The Fin(n)ish Line: Finland and "Jääkiekko"
April 25th, 2015 Finland is a country which, for most hockey fans, doesn’t need an introduction: many Finnish players are playing in the NHL since many years, and the national team ranks among the best in the world. In the following article, I will try to sketch the main features of hockey in Finland, but also the state of its main league and of its...
Beware of the Lynx: an Introduction to Slovenian Hockey
April 24th, 2015 Slovenia, a mountainous country lying between Austria, Italy and Croatia, is mostly remembered for its magnificent Baroque architecture, its green forests and beautiful ski resorts, not forgetting a narrow stretch of coastline on the Adriatic Sea. It is also, unfortunately, often mistaken with Slovakia, a fact which is ironically...
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire? Italy's "Serie A"
March 25th, 2015 “Italy an ice hockey country? You must be kidding!” Well, I'm not, dear friends of mine. In this article I will tell you something about Italy’s top league, called (as in most of Italian sport championships), “Serie A”, which started in 1925. We have pucks, not pizza Known as being a sunny land, full of beautiful...
