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dlpasco
10th of January 2007 (Wed), 17:29
metalman1010 reminded me that hockey officials have a very difficult job and often go unrecognized. Most hockey photos are of players in action. Here is my salute to all of the folks brave enough to wear the zebra suit.

http://dlpasco.smugmug.com/photos/122373736-M.jpg

Dan
Tall_Paul_2000
10th of January 2007 (Wed), 17:37
Thats a nice "sportrait".....gotta love the moustache of the chap on the right!!

Is that an outdoor arena?
dlpasco
10th of January 2007 (Wed), 17:57
Yes, he's quite a character! He's a solid supporter of youth hockey.

Yes - an outdoor rink. It puts our kids at a disadvantage (shorter season, less practice) but photographers love it!

http://www.sheridanice.org/
Kiddo
10th of January 2007 (Wed), 18:54
I love taking/seeing photos like this!! I have some photos of the refs from my boys football games. Great photo!!
DavidEB
10th of January 2007 (Wed), 20:10
yup, that's good, and a nice sentiment. I'm always impressed at what good skaters most refs are. One local ref plays on a team in my league and skates circles around me.

good exposure with high-contrast lighting.
folville
11th of January 2007 (Thu), 00:00
It's good to see somebody giving the refs a little credit where credit is due. It's also good to see some kids playing outdoors still! I started out playing outdoors, and our club was always well behind the other teams in the area becasue we were having trouble with outdoor ice even here in Minnesota (it's just been too warm...). Have fun shooting there! :D
superdiver
11th of January 2007 (Thu), 02:25
I love Ref shots...the under appreciated and over abused volunteers
metalman1010
11th of January 2007 (Thu), 20:38
the under appreciated and over abused volunteers

Wow you know refs that don't get paid to be abused?!?!?!?!

Officiating to me started as a means to keep my head above water for money. Little did I know it would lead to doing College, AAA, and every level of wonderful Ice/Roller hockey I could imagine.

Thanks for giving the love to the 3 blind ice mice, Dan!

:D

Ross
asysin2leads
12th of January 2007 (Fri), 11:06
My dad and I ref on the same high school football crew. There was a photographer one game that kept bouncing back and forth from my dad's sideline and mine. Come to find out, he was a football official from another association and wanted to get some good shots of just the zebras. He sent me a DVD with about 80 shots of my crew. It was a nice gesture and he got some great shots.