I know some people will say that a tie is almost like a loss, but when you've been carrying a guilty conscious about being a bad luck charm, a tie doesn't seem that bad. Especially when the team has been having a rough season and was going up against the best team in the league. Thus, that is how Friday night ended with lots of smiles after the Félines du Richelieu battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficts to tie the Westlake Wild 3-3 in one of the last games of the season. My favourite goaltender, Florence Bouchard-Maynard was in nets and the game was nearby, so when she invited me to head to the arena in Greenfield Park for some game action, there was no way I was going to refuse. Things got off to a rough start as the Wild scored two quick goals early in the first period after Les Félines had opened the scoring, and I was wondering if I should just pack up my bad karma and sneak out the door before
things got worse. It's a good thing I stuck around though, as Les Félines didn't give up and fought back to get the well deserved point after scoring the tying goal with a little more than four minutes left in the third period. The Wild went all out in the final minutes of the third, but weren't able to get the lead back thanks to some good defense from Florence and her battling teammates. I ended up taking most of these shots close to the ice from the first row behind the glass. I was worried that shooting through the glass might have an effect on my photographs, these local rinks don't have those handy holes like you see in the NHL arenas, but after doing some test shots during the previous game, I figured I'd give it a go and shoot from a different angle for a change. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 102mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 130mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of the action.
things got worse. It's a good thing I stuck around though, as Les Félines didn't give up and fought back to get the well deserved point after scoring the tying goal with a little more than four minutes left in the third period. The Wild went all out in the final minutes of the third, but weren't able to get the lead back thanks to some good defense from Florence and her battling teammates. I ended up taking most of these shots close to the ice from the first row behind the glass. I was worried that shooting through the glass might have an effect on my photographs, these local rinks don't have those handy holes like you see in the NHL arenas, but after doing some test shots during the previous game, I figured I'd give it a go and shoot from a different angle for a change. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 102mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 130mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of the action.
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 90mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 125mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 135mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 168mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 88mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 155mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 155mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 125mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 123mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/3.5, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 155mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 175mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 130mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 123mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 130mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 125mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 135mm
That was quite a selection of photographs. I took as many as I could as this was possibly my last time photographing Florence in action. She'll be going away to University in the Fall, so this was likely her last season on the ice, at least locally. Florence, thank you so much for always inviting me out to your games to capture the action. I had a great time, and I hope that you enjoyed the photographs. All the best at University in the Fall and everything beyond that as well.
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