Rookie Camp and First Scrimmage

I couldn't be a rink rat this week and check out rookie camp, fortunately I found a job! Even more fortunately, my husband is off this week and agreed to go and check out the camp for me and take some pictures.


This is my husband....hiding behind The Hockey News. He's not much on having his picture taken.



Esposito and Levko



Nice shot of Pasquale's mask.



Let the scrimmage start!



Levko puts a shot on net.



My husband said that Forney was being pretty fancy. Lots of through the legs and no look passes.



The guys getting some instruction.



It's all over when the bucket comes out! My husband said that after he put the camera away Cormier and Paquette were playing around. Cormier was holding Paquette by the throat against the boards, just goofing off. Aliu skated by and bumped him sending him sprawling into Paquette. Then they all started play fight. I think hubby learned his lesson...don't put the camera up so quickly!


As for how the guys looked, Serge agreed with the Blueland Blog, that it was more physical. The level of play was amped up a bit more than at Prospect Camp.

Patrice Cormier - vocal guy. Was jawing at some guys and joking around. Gave Bubnick some lip (good natured) when he came back on the ice after injury. Took and gave several hits.

Sebastian Owuya - Played well, good mobility. Not out of position often.

Fredrik Pettersson - fast good skater. Gave and took hits.

Alex Burmistrov - thought he was coasting a bit. He didn't do anything that stood out. He thinks that maybe he is waiting for training camp to really turn on the gas.

Big thanks to my husband for heading out to Duluth and taking pictures. He's more of a watcher, so he's still getting the hang of this taking pictures AND watching thing. He'll be back tomorrow!