I have a suggestion, but not quite perhaps the approach you were considering.
I'm guessing the photograph dates from 27 years ago, and I am also guessing you might be in it, or at least have a connection.
Option 1:
Have you got the original negative please?
It will be easier and cheaper if you have, because I can scan the negative, and then work on the image photographically, and print it onto canvas.
Option 2:
If you don't have the negative, and we can re-stage the image, even doing it in the studio, using multiple exposures of the same person in ice hockey gear, (or perhaps two or three people), I can then work without the confusion of the background, and even if you want it set in a stadium I can then add that in at the end.
Can we discuss it please?
Kind regards
Barney Douglas
Hangleton Lane Studio
PS Bid fee might change, depending on the approach.