It's been a while since I've been at a hockey rink, so when I got a heads up that my favourite junior A hockey team, the Félines du St. Laurent would be playing a few short minutes away, I jumped into the car. I am, of course, a little biased in my liking the Félines as their goaltender Florence is the daughter of my friend Emmanuel. I was on hand for their championship performance back in April, and you can see those photographs by following this link. Things have gotten off to a rough start for the squad this year, but the Félines got off to a good start by scoring an early goal in the first period against their rivals. Sadly, things went a little downhill from there as the team ended up losing 5-1. I apologized for my part in 
the loss. As a spectator, my record now stands at 2 wins, 5 losses and a tie. Luckily one of those wins was the Championship match of last year, otherwise I think I would probably no longer getting invitations to the games. The game was played in the Delson arena, and the sight lines were not great. A low ceiling over the stands made it difficult to get any shots without the top of the protective glass getting in my way, and the glass surrounding the rink was pretty scuffed up and lacking the handy little openings that photographers get to use at the pro rinks. Despite this, I still managed to get some nice shots of the action, though I did feel a little awkward standing right against the glass for most of the game. I might bring a little stool with me next time so that I can sit and not feel like I am standing out like a sore thumb. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 64mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm. Here are some more photographs that I took for the game action.
the loss. As a spectator, my record now stands at 2 wins, 5 losses and a tie. Luckily one of those wins was the Championship match of last year, otherwise I think I would probably no longer getting invitations to the games. The game was played in the Delson arena, and the sight lines were not great. A low ceiling over the stands made it difficult to get any shots without the top of the protective glass getting in my way, and the glass surrounding the rink was pretty scuffed up and lacking the handy little openings that photographers get to use at the pro rinks. Despite this, I still managed to get some nice shots of the action, though I did feel a little awkward standing right against the glass for most of the game. I might bring a little stool with me next time so that I can sit and not feel like I am standing out like a sore thumb. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 64mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm. Here are some more photographs that I took for the game action.
f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/2500sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/2500sec, ISO 3200 at 58mm
f/2.8, 1/2500sec, ISO 3200 at 52mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/3200sec, ISO 3200 at 75mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 100mm
f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 3200 at 90mm
Though the game didn't go as hoped, I still was happy to grab a couple of pretty cool photographs from my various positions in the arena. Hopefully I'll get to a few more games before the season ends.
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