I know it has been awhile since I’ve posted a blog about a photo shoot, so here it is! Last Sunday, January 24th, I made the trip to Philadelphia to shoot the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins as they took on the Philadelphia Flyers in an NHL hockey game at the Wachovia Center.
Whenever Pittsburgh comes to town, it’s always a big deal, so I requested through the Flyers PR staff for a photo hole at ice level, but I knew this was going to be a slim to none chance since these holes are usually reserved for team photographers, AP and SI when they come in to shoot a game. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a hole, but that was all right. I did however go to my normal spot, which is at the suite level right at the top of the 100 level, though this time I was behind the team bench instead of behind the penalty boxes.
Below, are some shots of the first period.
It didn’t take Philadelphia long to score their first goal. Center Jeff Carter would score the goal at 5:18 in the first period to put the Philadelphia Flyers up 1-0.
Below, teammates celebrate after the goal.
Below, more action from the first period.
The Philadelphia Flyers would score another goal by center Mike Richards (18) at 13:23 in the first period, but the goal was rescinded following a penalty for goaltending.
Below, the teams go at each other after the confrontational non-goal on the Philadelphia Flyers behalf.
As well as Philadelphia Flyers left wing Simon Gagne (12).
Ok, back to the rest of the action in the first period.
Shooting the second period was more like a chore because you could tell both teams were dogging it. No hits, not much checking, flat out….IT WAS BORING!
Below, are some shots from the BORING second period.
When the players arrived back on the ice for the third period, you could just sense that this was going to be that no-holds-bar period because the score was tied and the fans were on their feet.
Like I said, it didn’t take long for the players to start getting in each other’s face about something.
Then the big fight broke out between the Philadelphia Flyers left wing Scott Hartnell (19) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71).
Then the rest of the team got into it! Got to love it!!!
After the fighting was over, all the players went back to playing nice again….well sort of.
One thing I noticed throughout the entire game was that Philly fans hate Pittsburgh Penguins center Sydney Crosby. One of the phrases that comes to mind is “Die Crosby…Die” That’s the line that was chanted whenever he would get the puck. Can’t deny the guy is really good, so I tried to get some shots of him in action as well as some isolated stock shoots.
Below, more third period action.
Well, for the Philadelphia Flyers fans, it all went down hill when Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Matt Cooke (24) scored at 18:13 to put the Penguins up 2-1 in the third period.
When action resumed, the Philadelphia Flyers tried really hard to score that goal to tie up the game, but it just didn’t happen.
In the end, the Pittsburgh Penguins would celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
With that, another NHL game is in the books. I plan on shooting a few more game this year, so stay tuned.
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