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Here's a view of Scott hard at work while we were all shooting the pre-game warmup from the Syracuse bench.


Watch the birdie


Crunchman poses with a couple of the Ice Girls. ; The girl on the right is a former Disney cast member. ; She was a "friend" of Chip and Dale and a variety of other characters.


Chicks dig the six-pack
 
Hmmm. I gotta get me an inflatable six pack...

No commentary on this one. I just liked the pose and expression:



Rubber hockey stick:



The only goal scored in the game. Unfortunately it was not Scott's home team...

 
Nice work, Dave, especially the first shot.

Now from me, a couple of shots from my "special assignment."

The Zoom Tan Ice Girls check the schedule of the night's promotional activities before the game. ; I was impressed by the amount of work the girls put in during a game. Besides dancing and cheering during breaks in the action, they interact with fans before and during the game and have a schedule for locations and promotions to follow. ; They're much more than just a bunch of pretty faces. ; (Although there's no doubt that they ARE a bunch of pretty faces.)


Making plans

And here they are during one of the scheduled promotions, tossing shirts (or something like that) to the crowd.


Who wants a ; shirt?
 
Nice work photographing the Ice Girls there Dennis. You obviously took your special assignment very seriously.

Syracuse made a valiant effort to come back to tie it up at the end of the third period.



This was a lucky shot by me and a great blocker save by the goalie:



There was such a flurry going on in front of the net here. I saw the wind up and just started panning in hopes I would get the puck hitting the back of the net. Unfortunately, the crossbar put a stop to that. Total luck with this capture too...

 
if i had known it was hanson brothers night, with all that fighting going on i might hve attended
 
Back to the hockey today. ; Don't worry, I still have a few more shots of the girls. :)

Riku Helenius getting in the zone for the third period.


Psyching up


The only goal scored in Friday's game. ; Unfortunately, it was Hamilton and not Syracuse that scored it.


Too late
 
Two more action shots from the Saturday game.

If you've ever played hockey, you know that when you're defending against a power play, you always set up in a box and keep the opponents outside the box. ; Albany (in red) apparently forgot that plan.


Collapsed defense


Just to prove that all of the fights weren't on Friday night. ; I love the enthusiasm of the crowd in this shot. ;)


So's your old man
 
Enjoying the photos Dave and Dennis. I think the fight was winding down at that point. Syracuse fans are hard to keep interested.

Here are a few more from the Hamilton game.

Here's the puck drop photo I took when Dave took the photo of me taking it. Kapish?
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Syracuse Crunch Jared Nightingale (42) fires a shot at the Hamilton Bulldogs net I think I see why he misses more often than hits it.
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J. F. Jacques (22) looking for trouble. He found it later (see previous fight pics).
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Photos the Crunch love: Vladislav Namestnikov (18), who's father played for the Crunch in the 1990's, with his head up before taking a shot.
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Syracuse Crunch Dan Sexton (16) making his way into the Bulldog's zone with hair outstanding.
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Hamilton Bulldogs defencemen Nathan Beaulieu played his first two NHL games recently.
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Syracuse Crunch Matt Taormina (6) shoots over Hamilton Bulldogs Nathan Beaulieu's block attempt.
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Here is one of those "wide" shots I was talking about earlier in the thread. I like it because it shows the players concentration and focus as they come up the ice:



This shows concentration too but focuses more on a single player:



I like the second photo more myself. Scott, do you find that the more "in demand" photos are the close-ups or do you try to get some of each?
 
"ddindy" said:
Just to prove that all of the fights weren't on Friday night. ; I love the enthusiasm of the crowd in this shot. ;)
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(With lower jaw forward and a slight British accent and pinkie up)...
"Look Buffy, that brute on the opposing team has just taken to fisticuffs with our guy. ; How crude of him, the brigand!"


Sent from my iPhone...
 
"ExploringWDW" said:
I like the second photo more myself. Scott, do you find that the more "in demand" photos are the close-ups or do you try to get some of each?
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For the team, they like the closeups as do the fans. ; For parents, they want to see their son/daughter as the main subject, period. ; They could be moving or static.

The first photo in your last post really does not have a subject or a place for the eyes to focus in on. ; The second is much better with a clear subject and interesting pose. Might want to crop and/or clone out the cut-off Hamilton player on the right edge. ; Distracting he is.
 
Thanks for the critique Scott. I know what you mean about the first one not having a subject. Rather than being technically a good photo, to me its more like being at the game and following the play. I can see where the team or parents wouldn't really be interested.
 
I'd say there were easily 50-100 dogs there. ; The stands at one end of the rink were set aside exclusively for dogs and their owners. ; They were, for the most part, very well behaved.
 
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