Book Your Game
An open-ice hit lifts a player in a navy and red jersey off his skates as a shamrock-jersey forward drives through the check.
Hockey · London, Ontario

Hockey

The play doesn't wait for you. We shoot tight from the glass, from the corners and from the bench. One night at the rink, in the order it happens.

1 / 7

Before the drop

Warmup is the loose part of the night. The hands are sharp before anything counts.

A player walks up the arena tunnel toward the ice in full gear, helmet on, gloves on and stick in hand, cinderblock walls close on both sides.
The walk
A goaltender in full pads walks up the arena tunnel toward the ice, in black and white.
The tunnel
A goaltender in profile wearing a hand-painted green shamrock mask, eyes turned down the ice.
The mask
A goaltender seen from behind, the Lucan Irish crest on the side of the mask, eyes on the ice.
The crest
An alternate captain in a green shamrock jersey leans forward over his stick with his eyes locked on the play.
The stare
A close profile of a player's helmet and cage, eyes down, in black and white.
The cage
A moustached player in a green shamrock jersey tracks a puck he has flipped spinning in mid-air.
The juggle
2 / 7

The drop

Nothing has happened yet and everything is about to.

Two players lean helmet to helmet over the faceoff dot as the linesman's hand holds the puck at the edge of the frame.
The drop
Seen past an opponent's red shoulder, a player in white leans in for the faceoff, the linesman at his side.
The draw
3 / 7

The rush

Head up and the puck on the blade. The ice opens from here.

A forward in a green shamrock jersey carries the puck up the ice with his head up, reading the play in front of him.
The carry
A skater in a white shamrock jersey drives up the ice with the puck, the stands streaked behind him.
The stride
A skater cuts back hard in front of the boards, throwing a spray of ice off his blades.
The cutback
A panned frame streaks the boards and a passing opponent into motion blur while the skater in green stays sharp.
The blur
Tillsonburg Thunder number 16 moves the puck with his head up, reading the play ahead of him.
The look
A Seaforth Centenaires player, number 12, carries the puck up the ice with his head up, glancing to his right.
The glance
4 / 7

The boards

Most of the night is won along the boards, stick on stick, shoulder on shoulder.

Two players in black-and-gold and green-and-white skate stride for stride with both sticks stretched out for the same puck.
The reach
Two players cross sticks low over a loose puck, shoulder to shoulder in front of the boards.
The lean
A player in white and an opponent in red tangle sticks chasing a loose puck.
The tangle
A player in green and an opponent in white battle along the boards, the bench behind them.
The boards
5 / 7

The shot

The wind-up, the release, the puck already gone. The frame keeps it.

A shooter in a white shamrock jersey finishes a slapshot, back skate off the ice and the stick still coming through.
The shot
A player in a white Irish jersey, number 83, follows through on a shot, in tight.
The release
A player in black and gold rips a slapshot in warmup, one skate off the ice and his stick high.
The rip
A player in white snaps the puck away, his blade high and the puck in the air beside him.
The snap
Tillsonburg Thunder number 95 fires a shot, the puck in flight beside him.
The wrister
6 / 7

The crease

A goalie can carry a whole night on one reach. Half a second later the rink finds out which way it went.

A goaltender in a green shamrock jersey turns into the shot and reaches out to his side with the catching glove.
The save
Goaltender number 31 in white closes the pads on a green-and-yellow attacker in tight, ice spraying.
The stop
Goaltender number 33 in white sprawls across the crease as an opponent in black and red closes in, the puck loose at the edge of the crease.
The sprawl
The puck hangs in the net behind a goaltender in red as a player in white skates past the post.
The goal
A player in green drives the net between a defender in white and the sliding goaltender.
The drive
Two players in green crash the net as the goaltender in red and white goes down in the crease.
The crash
A player in black, number 20, stands in front of the net as the goaltender behind him drops to the ice.
The screen
7 / 7

After the whistle

The arms go up for the whole rink. The rest is the part nobody sees from the stands.

A player in a green Irish jersey throws both arms up after a goal, stick raised, with the beaten goaltender flat on the ice behind him.
The arms
Two teammates in green jerseys pull each other into a hug after a goal, one stick raised over their heads.
The celly
A player in a green shamrock jersey roars with one glove raised and his stick lifted, red arena seats behind him.
The roar
Three teammates in white shamrock jerseys converge on the scorer, one down on a knee, gloves and fists meeting.
The mob
Five teammates in green Irish jerseys close into a huddle after a goal, helmets together, number 8 at the centre.
The huddle
A smiling coach reaches across and grips his goaltender's mask with one hand in a bench celebration.
The grin
A player in a white Irish jersey drops to one knee and pumps his fist after a goal.
The knee
A goaltender with his mask pushed back and his eyes closed between plays, in black and white.
The breath

Put your season on the schedule

Send your league, your home rink and the dates you want shot. Single games or a tournament weekend.

Book your gamecontact@tiebreaker.ca

We reply within 24 hours