BRIGHTON, ON (12/02/11) - Barry Ostroskie of Rossmore takes a spill on the right corner of the track, during the men’s four-wheel-drive non-studded race at Brighton Speedway. With a range of ages and competitions, ATVs, Snowmobiles, ice bikes and cars took to the 1/3rd mile icy track to compete in round two of the Oval Ice Races.

Petra, Jordan (22/12/10) - A tourist walks in front of one of the royal tombs along Petra, Jordan. Remained unknown to the Western World until the early 1800's, and popularly known from the Indiana Jones movie, Petra is named as one of the 40 places to see before you die.

Kite surfers in Dahab, Egypt, December 23, 2010.

Cairo, Egypt (26/12/10) – A Tourist Police Officer stops for mid-afternoon call to prayer beneath one of the nine pyramids of Giza.

January 6th, 2011- An elderly woman uses the wheelchair of her companion to help her keep her balance, as she pushes him along the icy sidewalks of Bergmannstraße, in Berlin, Germany.

January 29, 2011 - Former Buffalo Sabres player Rob Ray, born and raised in Stirling, laces up for the first ever Mill Pond Hockey Tournament in Stirling. Ray, notorious for being a fighter, finished his career with 3,207 career penalty minutes, leaving him 6th overall in NHL history

The Good ole HOCKEY GAME

Lace up time

Games on

Second line

Shoot and score

Fresh dry socks after a game

I was out shooting with a 300 and went to the first ever organized pond hockey tournament in Stirling. It was pretty fun and it really got me missing lacing up the skates and hitting the ice. The sound of newly sharpened blades as they cut through the icy glass, the rush of the game, the challenge, the competition and the trickle of sweat that rolls down your back after the hardest two minutes of your life.

So I shot some tighter shots and things that I saw and felt made up the components of a hockey game. My favorite was always the feel of clean dry socks when my wet and achy feet were pulled out of the skates. From the looks of it others were enjoying it too.