First Energy Stadium played host not to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday but, instead, nearly a dozen teams of firefighters and first responders from across the region.
CLEVELAND — Organized by the non-profit Hockey Helping Heroes and Cleveland Firefighters Local 93, the first ever Cleveland Firefighters Hockeyfest raised money to send family members of fallen firefighters to see their loved one’s name added to the IAFF Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado.
Firefighters and other first responders from regional departments, including Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus and others, comprised the 10 teams that participated in the charity event. The event had previously been rescheduled due to unseasonably warm temperatures and rain last month.
“These teams are out doing great things and raising money all year long. When we saw that [the rink] was going to be brought in this winter, we reached out to the Browns and said we’d like to have six hours of ice time. What can we do?” Zender said. “Look at the smiles on their faces. These guys love this.”
“One of our goalies for our second team is the wife of one of our firefighters. We’ve got EMS personnel on our team. We have police officers. We call ourselves the Cleveland firefighter hockey team but really its Cleveland public safety,” Konys said. “Everybody wants to an opportunity to get to gather and have a good time. The driving factor has been those 18 names.”
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