Everblades

Florida Everblades, stickhandling and leaping over the wall on a line change.

Ten Minute Ride

Well into the second period of a scoreless hockey game, the Express RW tallied from close in, jumped for joy, and skated by the bench fiving the teammates while riding the hockey stick. It was a long ride; the lower picture shows his reaction to a 10-minute misconduct penalty. Jumping and fiving are OK but this was considered taunting!

SUNDAY POSTER

A very old quotation, but with great relevance to what passes for political discourse in our modern world.

SATURDAY POSTER

Tending the Goal

Shots of the two goaltenders, tending the goals.

Closeup Action

Close enough to see the expression on each player's face. Close enough to see the mouth guard hanging out. Close enough to see everything.

Minor League Hockey

Earlier in the season, I had thought of getting Blackhawks tickets and decided not to take out a mortgage on the pricey seats. The Chicago Wolves offered decent seats for $19 and some weeks ago I posted some fine pics of the Wolves, a Vancouver Canucks farm club, and the Rockford Icehogs, the Hawks top farm team.

And then I looked into the league that supplies players to the Wolves and Icehogs. Playing at the excellent Sears Centre, the Chicago Express is a Columbus Blue Jackets farm club. They hosted the Florida Everblades and we sat on the glass. As a photographer, the glass is the place to be.

Here we see nice close in shots of the two goaltenders. More to come in following posts.