Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Trail

2331 - Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Liv from Cologne sent me a card from Norway. She thought the winter scene would help me cool down from the heat wave in Medicine Hat. Besides the card from Norway, lets have a look at  Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the  Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The Sharks were formed in 1972 and have won 8 championships - 1977, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, and 2002. They have the second highest average attendence in Europe, after SC Bern in the Swiss League.  The Sharks have seven Canadians playing for them. The most interesting Canadian for me is Landon Ferraro. Landon was born in Trail, BC - my birthplace - and his dad is Ray Ferraro, who had a long career in the National Hockey League and is now a hockey commentator and colour analyst on television and radio.  Landon suffered from several knee injuries while playing for Boston, Detroit, and Minnesota. After a stint in the minor leagues, he signed with Berlin and did well before the season was cancelled due to Covid-...