OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Sunday afternoon, Firefighters and Police officers from the metro geared up to face off at the Guns and Hoses hockey game.
The two teams have held a hockey game for years, usually for fun at smaller arenas. This year though, the game was sponsored by the First Responders Foundation, with money from the even benefiting the organization’s mission of supporting first responders and their families, whether that’s through equipment, training or emotional support.
Because the event was put on by the First Responders Foundation, it was held in a much bigger venue and attracted a much bigger crowd. This year’s matchup was hosted at Baxter Arena and brought in around 2,000 spectators.
“It means a lot now. We’ve never had this sponsorship before so it helps out a lot. Now it’s this big venue we’re helping out a lot of people who need help we were just doing it locally for fun with some guys and now we wanted to go to a good cause,” Patrick Sheifla, a hockey…
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