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This weekend I made the trip out to Herbert to photograph their hockey teams. I have done numerous spots teams in the past but this time I was at their Minor Hockey Day so I had a wait between teams as they played a game between the shoots. As I was sitting around waiting I remembered all the hours I spent at the Davidson rink playing Miss Mary Mack with my friends on the benches and then chasing after my brother's cute friends and I realised what a part of my childhood memories the rink was. I decided to try and capture what was happening that day the same way I cover an event like a wedding. Sometimes the whole story is in the little details!
If you are not from Saskatchewan or quite a bit of Canada you may never understand one of the things that holds a community together is the local rink!
These are some of the things people from Saskatchewan get....
Bunny hugs(that doesn't have anything to do with hockey but only people from Saskatchewan get that! I am sure there are tons of people now scratching their heads!)
That you would voluntarily get out of nice warm bed at 6 in the morning when it is 42 bellow to drive your kid to the rink for practice.
What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room.
That the smell of hockey gloves is the worst smell on the planet.
That your opposition growing up on the ice can become your best friend at University.
That a community of 1200 people can fund raise over a million dollars to build a new rink.
That the food at the rink is as big a part of the experience as the sporting event itself.
That the rink can be the heart of a community where friends and family gather, spectators pass babies from knee to knee, people share stories and everyone cheers for their home team.
That without volunteers to run the kitchen, door, 50/50 tickets, without the coaches, managers, trainers and parents who dedicate countless hours there would be no rink....... so this slide show goes out to all the volunteers. Thanks for making a difference.
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1 comment:
I love that Corla! You totally captured everything I loved about growing up in the rink.
We went to a Pats game on friday night, and I got some great fight shots. We had front row seats, right along the boards, so we were in the perfect spot.
tatum
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