2011 PA Ice Hockey State Championships

This past Saturday was the final day for ice hockey photos. There were three games to determine the State Champions in the three divisions: A, AA, and AAA. I shot from the penalty box for all three games - and forgot just how cold it is standing there.

Here's a few of my favorites:

Rings

Just testing out some new equipment on Beth's engagement ring with her pepper plants - two of her favorite things...

2011 Flyers Cup

The Flyers Cup was a little split up this year. Normally the three divisions championship games are on the same night. The highest division got to play at the rink where the Flyers play, the Wells Fargo Center, while the two lower divisions play at local ice rinks. I didn't have a chance to go through my photos and post any here before they were posted to the website from the game that was played at the Wells Fargo Center, but there's a link to the game on one of my favorite local sports blog websites, crossingbroad.com

The photos below are from the A championship game on March 18th at Iceline. My photography partner in the sports photos actually made it to the finals with the team he coaches. It looked like they were the dominant team, but had 8 penalties called against them. They scored a goal in the early third period to go ahead, but later gave up a goal and Springfield won it in overtime.