I think I'll just admit right off the bat, I may have been a little bit trigger happy with this game. Though in my defense, I did end up shooting three intense periods of action, a heart stopping period of overtime and then a stressful shoot-out before Les Félines du Saint-Laurent were finally able to put away Les Rapides de Champlain and win the Midget A Regional Championship. A victory that will send the team off to Quebec to do battle with other regional champions as they battle for the Dodge Cup. While I probably wasn't as nervous as any of the players, I was asking myself beforehand if it was a good idea to attend. I've been to six other games over the course 
of the past few season, and every time I end up attending, Florence's team always seems to end up on the wrong side of the score. My overall record of 1-4-1 is not something to be proud of But, after the letdown of Friday night, I had told Florence that there would be a third game in the series that would enable both of us to put aside our Good Friday Blues and replace them with a proper Easter Sunday Celebration. Les Félines opened the scoring early with a goal just 28 seconds into the match by Maïka Lefrancois. Anabel Labrecque tied the game seven minutes later and that is the way that the score stayed. A scoreless second period, led to a scoreless third and 
a additional overtime period did nothing to change things, except to maybe raise the blood pressure of the several parents, and your friendly neighbourhood photographer. The only goal scored in the shootout was by Audrey Bisaillon on the first shot and then Florence Bouchard-Maynard closed the door, stopping all three shooters that Les Rapides sent on the ice. After the final save, sticks, gloves and helmets went flying in all directions as the players piled onto the ice, and onto each other, in celebration. One thing I'm going to have to learn before next season is to find out to cut down on my photographs. I don't know how the folks who photograph the 
pro games feel about only one, or maybe two, of their photographs appearing in the paper. Sure, the amount of photographs in this update borders on overkill, but all of them show different aspects of the game, and I also couldn't cut the celebration photographs at the end because those are the ones that are full of emotion. With the fireworks in the summer, I usually try to limit myself to only using a maximum of 10 photographs per update, so that might be a rule that I'll have to start using with hockey as well. In the meantime, grab yourself another bowl of popcorn and a cold beverage because the slideshow is about to start. The first photograph was taken 
at f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 100mm. The second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 105mm. The third photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 130mm. The fourth photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm and the fifth photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm. Here are the rest of the photographs that I took during the game and of the celebrations that took place afterwards.
of the past few season, and every time I end up attending, Florence's team always seems to end up on the wrong side of the score. My overall record of 1-4-1 is not something to be proud of But, after the letdown of Friday night, I had told Florence that there would be a third game in the series that would enable both of us to put aside our Good Friday Blues and replace them with a proper Easter Sunday Celebration. Les Félines opened the scoring early with a goal just 28 seconds into the match by Maïka Lefrancois. Anabel Labrecque tied the game seven minutes later and that is the way that the score stayed. A scoreless second period, led to a scoreless third and 
a additional overtime period did nothing to change things, except to maybe raise the blood pressure of the several parents, and your friendly neighbourhood photographer. The only goal scored in the shootout was by Audrey Bisaillon on the first shot and then Florence Bouchard-Maynard closed the door, stopping all three shooters that Les Rapides sent on the ice. After the final save, sticks, gloves and helmets went flying in all directions as the players piled onto the ice, and onto each other, in celebration. One thing I'm going to have to learn before next season is to find out to cut down on my photographs. I don't know how the folks who photograph the 
pro games feel about only one, or maybe two, of their photographs appearing in the paper. Sure, the amount of photographs in this update borders on overkill, but all of them show different aspects of the game, and I also couldn't cut the celebration photographs at the end because those are the ones that are full of emotion. With the fireworks in the summer, I usually try to limit myself to only using a maximum of 10 photographs per update, so that might be a rule that I'll have to start using with hockey as well. In the meantime, grab yourself another bowl of popcorn and a cold beverage because the slideshow is about to start. The first photograph was taken 
at f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 100mm. The second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 105mm. The third photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 130mm. The fourth photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm and the fifth photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm. Here are the rest of the photographs that I took during the game and of the celebrations that took place afterwards. 
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 140mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 160mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 130mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 120mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 140mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 120mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 115m
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 135mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 135mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 120mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 110mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 150mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 180mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 180mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 168mm
f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 105mm
f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm
f/3.2, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 130mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 130mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 135mm
f/5, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 102mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 100mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 95mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 95mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 90mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 90mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 175mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 3200 at 165mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 ate 130mm
After typing all that, it becomes pretty clear that I stayed around f/2.8, 1/2000sec for most of the games. In the future, I'd probably try to alter those a little bit, but after the Friday night experience, I wanted to make sure that I'd have a fast enough shutter speed to avoid missing the big moments. Some experimentation is called for, but in the meantime, congratulations to Florence and the rest of Les Félines. You played a great game and I wish you lots of success at the Dodge Cup. Hopefully we'll be able to meet again next season. Now, my batteries, and those in my camera, need a break to recuperate from all of this action.
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