Division 1 Hockey: St Cloud State v University of Minnesota

This weekend's major rivalry in the "State of Hockey" was as titled above. The Huskies just didn't play offense.

Some of the colors look a bit cloudy and "off" in a couple pictures because they were taken through some really poor glass at the National Hockey Center in St Cloud, MN because the place was packed with no room, even for me, the school newspaper photographer.

I now also love Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis.

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Nice! WHo won? Seawolves one there game tonight... And I'm a school newspaper guy for us hahaha your pics are way better than mine... using the 300?

Great shots!

Nice set, good action, good white balance (except #6). What are the typical setting you use for the division 1 ring. Our High School rinks are like dungeons

Very nice captures of great action.

Well Done! Great Action and well captured!

Why is there always a punch up in an ice rink? lol

ak_powder_monkey wrote in post #6520990
Nice! WHo won? Seawolves one there game tonight... And I'm a school newspaper guy for us hahaha your pics are way better than mine... using the 300?

We got swept. Was a 300.

jdando wrote in post #6521917
Nice set, good action, good white balance (except #6). What are the typical setting you use for the division 1 ring. Our High School rinks are like dungeons

1/500 @ f/2.8 and 1600. I could have actually used 1/640 or 1/800 but I like em bright.

Satnav900 wrote in post #6522235
Why is there always a punch up in an ice rink? lol

Sometimes they actually play hockey, too

Brikwall wrote in post #6522524
Sometimes they actually play hockey, too

It's the result of a major intrastate rivalry. Each player ended with players standing quite close, talking trash and generally just laughing.

The previous week, we played a team that looked like it was trying so hard to keep up that I don't think they had the energy to fight.

jdando wrote in post #6521917
Nice set, good action, good white balance (except #6). What are the typical setting you use for the division 1 ring. Our High School rinks are like dungeons

Corrected! Thanks for pointing that out. For some reason the ice behind the goal looked a bit red.

I just shot a mite's showcase tourney a week ago at Mariucci with the main lights off. I'd have loved having all of the lights on, but happy to shoot there from the bench. The shots turned out somewhat dark, but all in all fairly well considering the low light. Most were shot at 1000 ISO, but I got to keep my shutter relatively fast. I'd post some but I don't have any releases.

dshootist wrote in post #6526229
I just shot a mite's showcase tourney a week ago at Mariucci with the main lights off. I'd have loved having all of the lights on, but happy to shoot there from the bench. The shots turned out somewhat dark, but all in all fairly well considering the low light. Most were shot at 1000 ISO, but I got to keep my shutter relatively fast. I'd post some but I don't have any releases.

I had the chance to cover both the boys and girls state hockey tournaments earlier this year.

XCEL at full light gave me 800 @ 1/500 with an f/4 or something very close to that.

Great colour - looking good !

Great timing on these shots (the puck going off LeBlanc's stick in number six and the puck buried in the net on number one especially)!

You've got Ryan Stoa in the fifth shot, by the way.