My favorite new addition to the USA “staff”
This was my fifth or sixth year to shoot USA Hockey’s Under 20 evaluation camp and while I was disappointed in the format change that saw Russia [no offense to the Russian team or staff] replace Sweden and Finland and thus a reduction in the number of games and participants, I did like one addition the US staff made. No, not Dean Blais as head coach – although he seemed very nice and his drill instructions were short and sweet [I like tv timeouts during games, but Ron Rolston's drill instructions provided time to take solo shots of every player, upload and edit them on computer and then take a nap on the bench before the drill would actually be run :-)] – but Mac Moore as an assistant to the Equipment Managers.
Mac is the 13-year-old brother of camp participant and Columbus Blue Jackets prospect John Moore. Super hard worker and if the eventual US team has his work ethic, they’ve got to beat Canada this year (please!!). Mac’s only fault was his hatred of me taking his picture which I can completely understand though it didn’t stop me from stalking him one afternoon until I got a few shots where his face was visible. I look forward to shooting Mac as a camp participant in a few years.
Note: Still working on editing work from Lake Placid; no single day is complete, but have 750+ images uploaded and available if you need a shot now (search on +”player name” + “2009 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp” to limit results to the Camp).
