Chelsea hockey faced Saline.

Midway through the game, Saline put the puck in the net…but the referees weren’t so sure it was a valid goal. There was plenty of conversation…

…and the referees ruled no goal.

Chelsea traveled to Jackson’s Optimist Arena for the second half of its season series against Lumen Christi.

Late in the first period, Lumen Christi took a minor penalty. If you know anything about hockey, you probably know that minor penalties are two minutes. Well, usually. That evening in Jackson, that minor penalty was…

If ever you plan to visit Jackson, don’t forget that a Jackson minute has more than 60 seconds.

With Chelsea trailing 2-0 in the second, one Bulldog got behind the Titan defense…

…and scored.

And there was much rejoicing.

And then with under a minute to play in the second, Chelsea tied the game at 2.

Not long after taking a 3-2 lead in the third, Chelsea scored again to take a two-goal lead. The Lumen Christi fans behind the goal were not pleased.

Lumen Christi scored to narrow the deficit to one, but Chelsea answered with yet another goal — its third of the period — to push its lead back to two.

Chelsea held on for a 5-3 victory to sweep the regular-season series against Lumen Christi.

Yet again, there was much rejoicing.

Local youth hockey players took to the ice during the intermissions of Chelsea High School’s game against Woodhaven. The first intermission featured a shootout exhibition.

The second intermission featured a scrimmage.

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:

Chelsea hockey faced Lakeland.

The best part of being a hockey spectator is the ability to pound on the glass:

Giving up a goal is unpleasant:

During the second intermission, the Bulldog donned skates and took to the ice.

Chelsea defeated Lakeland 5-3.