Hi, and welcome Tony!!
Naah, I doubt any thread is really dead here (I for one dig up old ones every now and then), so I am sure you'll get few responses to these shots.
And as I am feeling like writing few comments...and do a bit of hockey myself (in FInland).. so here's my comments on the shots.
1. Not sure if you've cropped this? there's a good moment you caught here - could do something with the composition though (not that there's much of chance to affect that in games). Would be nice to see the few faces of fans that have been cut in half.. and on the other hand would be nice not to see the player coming to the shot (especially as he seems to be the goalies team mate and not opposition). But as said, moment well caught
2. That's a nice one.. very good 'save shot', or at least I think the goalie will save this one...
3. Nice action shot by the goal. there is quite a lot going on in this one (and I am sort of torn between if it is good or not...:shrug: ) The horizon seems a little wonky.. but I know that in hockey it is tough to choose between a straight horizon and the shot looking 'right'. But this does seem to lean towards the right a bit...or what do you think?
4. Once again nice moment caught in the shot (you sure seem to know the moments to capture!!
). The player (or half a one) at the back does take some impact away from this one though.
Your settings seem good, WB is also depending on the rink - but your choice seems good for this rink - as for f.2.8, I know that is pretty much what you need in hockey most of the time. But I 've been persuaded to try to lift the f to 3.2 or 3.5. And it does give more players... So maybe give a try to upping the f to 3.2 and lowering shutter speed to 1/400. That should still be OK speed for most of the action.
As for shooting RAW - my choice as well and for the same reasons as you give here. Light can change at diff parts of the arena and that's when RAW is the saving part.
As for the PP, do you not do any sharpening for you images? As you only stated NN as an action..
Few of the shots there could maybe do with a little boost in saturation/contrast to 'pop them out' a little more.
That's all...