When I started working at The Meadville Tribune I photographed a lot of hockey. In recent years I've only photographed a few games in the regular season and then usually a few more in the post season. This year I'm not sure if I was at the hockey rink for the total amount of time of one game. The two or three games that I took pictures at were always on the way to another assignment. Last night I traveled to Pittsburgh to photograph what would be the Bulldogs last game. I almost didn't even do this as we've been struggling with the schedule and keeping hours to the set 40 hours we have to stay on or under. But I felt, as a photographer, that photographs are what I need to make, so I found a way to shift other duties to other times so I could make the trip. This is the best picture I took last night, not just because of the action of the spray and the puck getting passed the goalie, but because it told the story. I miss shooting hockey, though it is more difficult at the MARC since they put in taller glass, but in this arena in Pittsburgh which is the Penguins practice rink, the glass is cleaner and the stands are high enough to get above the glass, which is where this was shot with a 300 mm lens. Meadville Tribune photograph by Richard Sayer