2010 Flames Fall Short In A Battle With Providence

It was my first time in a rink since the finish of last season, back in March. I looked around the rink and took note of ‘Old Glory’ hanging on the wall, just to make sure I was where I thought I was.

Drinking coffee posed a minor inconvenience on a cool morning in the last week of summer here in New Hampshire, you know, with a face covering and all. Thankfully, I managed. Then I grabbed my camera and proceeded to do what I usually try to do, which is to capture the beautiful development of kids through sports while a stitch of unadulterated innocence may still remain.

Mostly though, it was awesome to see our hockey family, all together again. It was even better to see a team from Rhode Island playing a team from New Hampshire, in New Hampshire, on the ice in competition, with fans in the building. You will see a picture (below) that may just support the sentiment I share here. It was a really good game, and Providence scored an empty net goal in the final minute to skate away with a 5-3 victory.

Gavin Petrie (aka Rooster Peartree) scored for the Flames and the kids celebrated the goal. Oh, and they just happened to be looking in the direction of the empty seats in arenas around the country, only to find the smiling, adoring eyes, of family and friends.

Please enjoy the gallery of pictures below. The captions are not too serious usually, and I hope you like the coverage of a bunch of kids playing a kids game. Click on the pictures to open them up and zoom in if you wish. Smile, and have some fun.

Between The Pipes

: This is a story of Travis and number one two, two young players with nothing better to do, than playing at the rink, skating by, and breakaways too.

: Travis in his crease to defend his castle, Number one two took the puck and run…Travis makes his livin on other people’s backhands, Number one two slipped in and put this puck away…

: Travis left pad save.

: Travis right pad save.

: Travis right pad save.

: The inspiration for all of the Travis pad saves. https://youtu.be/AjtKx6BUaH0.

: Ahhh yes, good old face-off pictures. And there is no way that puck is frozen.

: Everything is just a little better when the Grand Ole Flag is in the picture. And of course when the International Man of Mystery lets a shot rip, folks run for cover.

: This game was so tight that players sometimes shared the same shadow.

: The Flames crash the net and score a goal as a result.

: The referee signals that there’s a puck in the net and a Pear Tree.

: Colby was so excited that Gavin scored that he couldn’t wait…

: …to drop him just for old time’s sake.

: After a nice play from Jax and a Soucy shot, Teddy poked the rebound in to the net for a Flames goal.

: Teddy and his opponent are baffled by the wizardry of the official playing the old “disappearing puck trick”. Works every time.

: Soucy leans into a shot in a crowded section of the ice.

: Cam works hard around the net but couldn’t get this one to go.

: Logan “The Freight Train” McCain lets a shot fly into some traffic out front. Meanwhile, the official’s legs remind me of my early attempts in penmanship.