Once upon a time, there was a year when facts and fears were so hard to separate,
And a health hazard gained so much attention, boys and girls couldn’t even ice skate.
Finally, the kids were back on the ice this weekend. In hockey life, taking a 2 week break (October) and a 10 day break (December) seems like a break between seasons with a schedule that is usually non-stop.
The 2010 Flames played in Dover on Saturday morning, against the Granite State Wild (undefeated). It was a really good game. Dover (Granite State) won by a 2-1 margin in a tightly contested game. The Flames trailed 1-0 before tying the game. Then, down 2-1, the Flames were awarded a penalty shot which was denied by the Wild goaltender. The game was that close.
Here are some pictures from the contest. Click on them. Zoom in. Enjoy!
Travis and the supporting cast make sure the puck it outside the net.
Jax “The Russian Bear” and the Flames getting back on D.
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The Mighty Fin fires a shot toward the net and Teddy is in his happy place looking for a chance to score.
Mature beyond his years, and a long time fan of Kris Kristofferson, Logan asked that I title this photo, “Fin, Me, and Sean-nie McGee”. Consider it done.
Sean conserves his energy while being pulled around the ice by his skate laces.
This here is Travis, or ‘Travie Baby’ as his legions of fans call him on his weekly podcast.
Teddy unleashes a shot toward the net with Cam out front.
Cam gets a pass from Teddy out by the blueline.
Sean sprints through some open ice in the offensive zone.
Sean puts so much into his shots on the fly that he often wipes himself out.
Mr. Kaveney I presume.
Garrett fires a shot while Soucy kneels in prayer that the shot finds the back of the net.
Here see a wild Beal in his natural habitat.
I believe this shot came from Sean after Logan had thrown the puck toward the net to begin the play.
Teddy lifts a backhand shot over the goalie and into the net on the rebound of Sean’s shot for a Flames goal.
The Wild answered the Flames tying goal with a breakaway goal to go up, 2-1.
Blues guitar prodigy, Jordan “Hollywood” Hawkes centers a pass from the corner.
Hollywood’s pass made it through the fabled ‘candy cane forest’ to Ian who fired on net.
Jax holds the puck while waiting for the guy in the white mask to watch the play. Jax is always so cognizant of the fans best interest.
The ref scores a perfect landing on his flight in from the upper deck while Cam and Teddy look for another Flames goal.
The Wild get another breakaway chance but Travis is up to the task.
The puck is repelled by Travis and his right pad.
Then there was the penalty shot awarded to the Flames.
First, Cam is instructed in the rules of a penalty shot before signing several waivers and releases.
While the paperwork was being finalized, I dozed off and apparently snapped a shot of the magnitude if there were any.
Then the goalie verbally agreed to the terms of what was about to happen.
After all the details were agreed upon, someone threw a puck on the ice and Cam just started chasing it.
Upon gaining control, Cam set up a series of moves in order to mesmerize the opponent.
But the goalie fought off the mental attack, stayed patient, and awake.
Cam made the move, took the shot, and the goalie made a really nice save on the play.
