Chelsea Hockey vs Woodhaven: 22 January 2014

Chelsea hockey welcomed Woodhaven to town. This game also served to highlight the future of Chelsea hockey: a number of local youth hockey players were in attendance, and they took the the ice at the intermission to show what they can do.

Take a look at the background of this photo:

Those are two of the youth hockey players keeping an eye on the action as they wait for their turn on the ice. I took photos of the intermission fun, too. I’ll post those soon! In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the photos from the game.

Sometimes you’re all set for a great photo…and then a referee gets in your way:

This next photo is here not because of the foreground, but because of the background:

Those are more of the youth hockey players watching the action.

Between the second and third periods, the arena crew had to deal with a problem with the glass:

Sometimes hockey players have to dialogue with each other:

Winter in Chelsea: 2 January 2014

January 2 brought a pleasant snowfall to Chelsea. What’s more photogenic than a fresh snowfall? Not much!

What? Okay, fine, I know: that’s a garbage can, and it’s not even a photogenic garbage can. Just keep scrolling. There aren’t any more garbage cans.

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It was a cold day, but that didn’t stop kids from enjoying the snow.

Chelsea Hockey vs Lumen Christi: 21 December 2013

There are certain Chelsea High School sporting events I am loath to miss, and Chelsea/Lumen Christi hockey games are high on that list. The rivalry is intense, so the games are intensely entertaining for fans like me. Last Saturday was the first of Chelsea’s two regular-season games against LC. (Get comfortable — there are a lot of photos in this post.)

Hockey is a full-contact sport. In a rivalry game like this, it’s an all-caps FULL-CONTACT sport:

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