My favourite goaltender, Florence Bouchard-Maynard, and her hockey team, Les Félines de Saint-Laurent, were playing a tournament in Longueuil this weekend, and despite the horrendous winning percentage I bring to the team, I was still invited down to the rink to take some photographs of the game. Sadly, my bad karma came back to haunt that decision as they ended up losing the game 3 - 1 to the Rebelles de Laval in what was a spirited contest. I try to take some solace in the fact that Florence and her teammates really like the photographs because I still end up feeling pretty bad when I walk out of the arena after a loss. I shot the first and third periods from the stands as the area around the rink had 
been marked as reserved for volunteers and coaches. I managed to get myself down there by talking with some of the arena staff for the second. I didn't stay though as there were offices around the ground floor, the stands are well above the ice surface in this arena, and the lights from the offices were reflecting off the glass and into my photograph. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8 1/1000sec, ISO 1600 at 90mm. Here are a several more photographs that I took during the action.
been marked as reserved for volunteers and coaches. I managed to get myself down there by talking with some of the arena staff for the second. I didn't stay though as there were offices around the ground floor, the stands are well above the ice surface in this arena, and the lights from the offices were reflecting off the glass and into my photograph. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8 1/1000sec, ISO 1600 at 90mm. Here are a several more photographs that I took during the action.
f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 1600 at 88mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 100mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 120mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 142mm
f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 1600 at 120mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 1600 at 140mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 123mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 135mm
f/3.2, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 145mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 3200 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm
All hope is not lost. There was still a chance of advancing further in the tournament, so with a little bit of luck, you just might see some more hockey photographs here soon. If I get invited back.
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