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:

If you think there were a lot of Chelsea goal celebration photos in this post, you’re correct: Chelsea defeated Lumen Christi 8-3.

The Bulldogs enjoyed it.