I don't remember when I first started to like hockey for hockey's sake.  I think it started somewhere in 1975.  Edmonton didn't have a hockey team then other than the Edmonton Oil Kings and they weren't the NHL, back then. 

 

So I picked the next best thing and decided to follow the Vancouver Canucks.  In 1976, my parents decided to uproot us from Edmonton and we packed our bags and moved to Maple Ridge.  I used to follow hockey on and off, but the Canucks weren't really doing well during the 70s and the early 80s with the exception of that 82 run to the Stanley Cup Finals when we were closed out in four by the NY Islanders.  And two more Stanley Cup Finals over four decades and I am a staunch Canucks fan for good.

 

My history with hockey photography started because of my son.  He plays two positions; forward and defense with the Surrey Thunder C team for the past three years.  He spent two years in PeeWee C and was a late cut from the A3 Rep team this year, his first year in Bantam.  So I shoot his games when he plays as well as his practices.  As of late, I've even been considering starting to video tape his games for a more rounded accounting of his season. 

 

I have enjoyed hockey photography now for over fiveyears, having photographed him when he was with Surrey Rec Power Play Hockey and it's enjoyable to photograph both him and his team-mates throughout the season. 

 

A moment captured is a moment preserved.