As the boys of winter returned to the ice for the first time, I kept the 70-200mm f/4 firmly in the bag this time. Fortunately, sitting in row 2 off the glass, I can live without it. I do have to offer up a big thanks to the Coyotes for opening camp up to the public and for free, no less.

Nice to see the familiar faces from last year as well as the new additions and some of the rookies from last week who made it to the big camp. Some of the drills were very interesting to watch and the scrimmage was fairly revealing as well.

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The Coyotes opened up rookie camp at Jobing.com Arena to the public free of charge, so I decided to head over and grab a few shots for the old portfolio. I was happily snapping away from the 3rd row back from the glass with my 70-200mm f/4 when a nice gentleman from arena security sat down next to me and politely asked me if these were just for personal use. I said that they were (you’ll notice these aren’t available for purchase) and he asked nicely if I could switch to a smaller lens, as the arena has a “lenses must be shorter than 6 inches” policy. So I said “no problem,” thanked him, and slapped the 24-105mm f/4 on there instead. You can click the photos below to see more.