You often hear athletes saying something along the lines that they had an off night when things don't end up going their way. Well, I can tell you that photographers can have an off night as well. I've been photographing hockey games for a little while now, but never have I had a more frustrating experience than I did Friday night during Game One of the Regional Championship Final between Les Rapides de Champlain and Les Félines du St-Laurent. My favourite goaltender, Florence, was in the nets and there was excitement in the air as the winner of this Best Of Three Series would advance to the Dodge Cup which will be played in Quebec City area in 
mid-April. Things got off to a good start for Les Félines as they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but I was already having my problems. I couldn't seem to properly follow the play, my shots were out of focus and the ones that were in focus seemed to get ruined by having either a referee or another player blocking the view of the action, or the puck at important moments. Sadly, Les Félines ended up having as rough a night as I did, losing the game 3-2 in Overtime and giving Les Rapides a 1-0 lead in the series. Though there are lots of photographs in this series, I still feel like I came home a little empty handed as there is only one 'save' photograph in 
here. I did manage to grab a few action shots, and some of the other players as well, but I'm missing the big saves that really grab my attention. The first photograph here, of Les Félines in their prematch huddle was taken at f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm. The second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 140mm and the third photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/800sec ISO 1600 at 200mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during the action that took place at the Aréna Jean-Rougeau in St. Basil-le-Grand.
mid-April. Things got off to a good start for Les Félines as they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but I was already having my problems. I couldn't seem to properly follow the play, my shots were out of focus and the ones that were in focus seemed to get ruined by having either a referee or another player blocking the view of the action, or the puck at important moments. Sadly, Les Félines ended up having as rough a night as I did, losing the game 3-2 in Overtime and giving Les Rapides a 1-0 lead in the series. Though there are lots of photographs in this series, I still feel like I came home a little empty handed as there is only one 'save' photograph in 
here. I did manage to grab a few action shots, and some of the other players as well, but I'm missing the big saves that really grab my attention. The first photograph here, of Les Félines in their prematch huddle was taken at f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm. The second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 140mm and the third photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/800sec ISO 1600 at 200mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during the action that took place at the Aréna Jean-Rougeau in St. Basil-le-Grand.
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 155mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 155mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 135mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 182mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 170mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 150mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 110mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 95mm
Needless to say, spirits were low after the match. The girls were obviously saddened to have lost the game and I felt that my performance was less than stellar as well. All isn't lost. If the Félines can win a game on Saturday night, it will force a third game in the series to be played on Sunday, and maybe we'll all get the chance to redeem ourselves.
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