Olympics in Milan: The men from USA Hockey have arrived!

I have been shooting a lot lately and running a little behind with the blog posts. With the crazy deadlines, constant travel on the metro, lack of sleep and everything else, it is the Olympic blur. Sorry about that!

A couple of days ago, I was able to photograph to take the team photo and shoot the practice for the men's team. All the guys had arrived the two days before and were on the ice to get their legs moving again. This was a closed practice, with no media allowed. Since I am the team photographer, I was able to be there and shoot all the images from the bench. That was a lot of fun.

The day started with me capturing images of them hanging out and getting ready for the team photo.

Everything got set up, all the guys were grouped up, and away we went. I took this photo (and many others) with the Canon R6 MK III and RF 24-70mm lens.

While I was on the ice, I tried to get some group shots of the guys.

These guys are all NHL players, so they are used to getting those photos taken.

Right after this photo was taken, the guys went and changed from the game jerseys into their practice jerseys. I also changed...to the Canon R1 and the RF 70-200mm lens.

Here is a shot of me working from the bench.

I leaned over and captured this photo of Mike Sullivan (the head coach) instructing the guys. 

Then it was just me trying to capture the fast action.

I saw John Tortorella (assistant coach) watching from the side and got this portrait of him.

I wanted to get some nice portraits of the guys.

I liked this front / back shot of the goalies.

Jake Oettinger was sitting on the bench with me. We were talking and I had him give me a smile for a portrait.

More players in action...

...and coaching moments.

The goalies were having a good ole time.

This was my last shot before the 45 min practice conclude. I wanted to get one big group shot of everyone together on the ice.

Here is an interesting fact for you all. This rink is MUCH colder than the other hockey rink. I could shoot hockey at the other rink in a T-shirt, but here, I am wearing a jacket with a sweatshirt underneath.

Please excuse any typos. Normally I try to proof read everything before I post, but here at the Olympics, time is a commodity. I definitely miss some things. :)

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