Since everyone seems to have a website or a Facebook page, I feel inclined to join the living world, so this is my first post. My blog however, will primarily be a site and forum to share Halifax Mooseheads photos. I started shooting for the Mooseheads several years ago, and I am grateful to the Mooseheads organization for the confidence they showed me, and the honour and privilege of shooting the team. I am constantly aware and never take for granted that I have access to and a perspective of the team, its players, and the Metro Centre that very few fans get.
First and foremost though, I am a hockey "fanatic" --- watching, playing, coaching and photographing this great game. So, combining my passion for hockey with my lifelong love of photography was simply natural. And it's been a pairing that's been there a very long time.
One of my first hockey images (at least a memorable one of note) came in the late winter of 1984-1985. While attending university at UNB, I shot most of the home games that the AHL Fredericton Express played - the Quebec Nordiques' farm team at the time. Among the shots I captured were images of a tall scrawny kid playing goal for the visiting Sherbrooke Canadiens. In fact, I distinctly recall hoping Sherbrooke's other goalie was playing that game, because that goalie's equipment was so much cleaner and newer, which would have made for much nicer images (my apologies to Steve Guennette, that other goalie). That scrawny kid turned out to be Patrick Roy (no details needed on who he is), and I later found out that particular game was the only regular season game he ever played for the Sherbrooke Canadiens. Being a long time Montreal Canadiens fan, I was thrilled Sherbrooke won the game by a 6-4 score.
Roy went on to play for the Sherbrooke Canadiens in the AHL playoffs later that season and won the Calder Cup. The rest is history, as he led the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup the proceeding year in his NHL rookie season. I guess the photo I took represents part of prehistory.
Roy went on to play for the Sherbrooke Canadiens in the AHL playoffs later that season and won the Calder Cup. The rest is history, as he led the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup the proceeding year in his NHL rookie season. I guess the photo I took represents part of prehistory.
Many years later, Patrick Roy signed that photo for me.
The following link summarizes Roy's stellar Hall of Fame career, including that one solitary regular season game he played for Sherbrooke. http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/roypa01.html
Thank you for this post from 18+ months ago. Roy was and is my favorite hockey player of all time. This little backstory that I didn't know inspired me on a day when I very much need it. Thank you again.
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