Shooting Hockey

I do know that each arena and each team have thier own rules. I actually called the arena to see what the rules were for bringing in cameras, they said that so long as it doesnt interfere with the other watchers that I could shoot as much as I want

Mainly meaning no flash...
That's the rules at the arena's by me.
 
Wow Big Mike what a random rule. Is that prevalent in Canadian venues or is it an NHL thing?
I think that just about every pro sports arena (hockey, football, baseball, basketball etc.) has a similar rule. They probably don't enforce it very often...as it's usually people bringing small cameras and what not...but they want to cover the bases. Also, there are several working pro photographers who's job is to cover the game. They (their employers) may have a hand in requesting that no other professionals are there...who knows.
 
I always laugh when you see a stadium and there are hundreds of people firing off their flashes in the stands.
 
So I went to see the ice arena.

It is actually not very big - at all. The lights were not on, but while standing near the front, I could easily see across the rink (the short way, not the long way) using only 100mm of my lens.

I'm taking the suggestion to "keep my head up" quite seriously.

Thanks for your suggestions!
 
As previously mentioned, I visited the rink today.

Flash is allowed, so long as I don't blind the goalie.

My lens didn't have a hard time focusing on the ice rather than the glass. Now to get it to focus on people :)

And to quote Mike:
"Which is good because fast, long lenses cost as much as small cars."

Very much like my car.
http://carsoup.com/used/detail.asp?...icleTypeID=1&UVViewID=4&Page=1&DealerGroupID=
A good lens
http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/5...digital-cameras;cislr-lens;cilenses-for-canon
 
If your forced to use slower shutter speeds. Take advantage of it and get some tracking shots where you can get away a little with the blur...
 

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