Rick Bacmanski

Even though the boys came up short tonight with a 4-0 loss, I came away with one of my best “series” shots so far this season!
So what’s cool when I’m in my “Shooting Zone” is that sometimes I even amaze myself! Most times as a shooter you just know when you capture something really great. But tonight was just one of those times when I was pleasantly surprised once I got back to the Studio & fired up Lightroom and started editing tonight’s game shoot!
When shooting hockey, things always happen so fast, and sometimes there are so many bodies flying around all over that I’m not really certain of what I’m getting, but I just have the feeling in my viewfinder that it all just looks right, and this could be good! So when I got to these I was really surprised because I don’t even remember much of this great save sequence at all…seeing the puck being tossed around, and I don’t remember having such a great, clear shot at all the action….the floating puck, the Goalies Mask, all the sticks, and everything in clear view not getting blocked out by legs, sticks, or bodies, or Ref’s & Linesmen skating by right in front of me between my camera and the action. Sometimes you just get lucky…and this series was one of those times!!!! Made the whole crappy 4- zip loss night worthwhile!

Lundstrom Earns First Pro Shutout as Jackals Blank Admirals, 4-0
ELMIRA, NY – December 12, 2015 – Niklas Lundstrom stopped all 46 shots he faced as the Jackals blanked the Norfolk Admirals 4-0 tonight at First Arena. Mike Seidel, Mark Bennett, Justin Kea and Kevin Clare each scored as the Jackals extended their winning streak to five games.

A few choice shots from the Heavyweight Bout during the Third Period of tonight’s Elmira Jackals Game. #19 Garrett Klotz won his Fisticuffs vs. #47 Danick Paquette, and the Jackals also prevailed with a tightly contested and very well played Shoot-Out Victory, on Night ONE of this STAR WARS weekend!!
Photographers Note: I thought it was hilarious……pictures 6 & 7….Paquette is getting the shit beat out of him, and all the while he’s smiling and laughing at the guys on his bench who were cheering him on! Hockey Players!! Ya Gotta Love’ Em!

Jackals Forward Justin Bernhardt takes to the air in pursuit of the puck during the third period of tonight’s exciting game vs. Kalamazoo at First Arena. Elmira was a 3-1 victor and win the 3 game weekend series 2 games to 1.

Sometimes during a shoot, YOU JUST KNOW that you just got the BEST SHOT OF THE NIGHT! Tonight was one of those nights as this image is all the proof you need! I sat behind the Main Street goal all night long, and starting the Third Period I opted to use the 28-70mm mid-range lens rather than my usual trusty 70-200mm. Thank God my instinct paid off or else I never would have been able to go wide enough to capture Colin Jacobs #18 celebrating after Cason Hohmann hammered home a rebound at 3:15 of the period for his sixth goal of the season, his second of the night, and what would soon become the evenings eventual Gamewinner as the Jackals pulled out the win by a final score of 5-4. BOOM!