The 50th Annual FDNY vs NYPD Charity Hockey Game will take place on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park.
We will honor the members of both teams from the 1973-74 season and first offical game between New Yorks Finest and Bravest.
The game will be live streamed on BARSTOOL.TV starting at 4:00pm by the guys of the Spittin Chiclets Podcast.
The FDNY Hockey Team started off the 2022-23 season with a game against KB Hockey on October 18th at the American Dream Mall (near Metlife Stadium) for a Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser. The following week Team USA Under-18 National Development Team was in town for the weekend. They played West Point October 23rd and won in overt...
The 2023 King of the Ice Tournament will be held at the Freeport Rec Center Rink in Freeport from March 1 though March 30. Playoffs will be March 27-30. Registration form is avaialble now at www.FDNYkingoftheice.com. The tournament will be 96 teams so the first 96 applications received will get in, no exceptions. Get your applications i...
The 48th Annual FDNY vs NYPD Hockey Game was welcomed back to Long Island last night to the New York Islanders brand new UBS Arena at Belmont Park.What turned out to be a beautiful spring day as some tailgating was welcomed back by our fans. The pre-game ceremony started with the FDNY Pipes and Drums playing their way out to a sold out ...
The 48th Annual FDNY vs NYPD Hockey Game will take place on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 6pm. THis year we are back on Long Island at the new UBS Arena at Belmont Park...home of the New York Islanders. For tickets you can email us at HockeyHeroes2022@gmail.com. Tickets for the event are $30 for assigned seating.
The FDNY and NYPD have not played at Madison Square garden since March 30, 2019 so this year was going to be a special meeting between the two teams. This year also Commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attack on our great city. Special Commemorative jerseys were made for both teams to be auctioned off...
Below you will find the flyer and registration form.The deadline for registration and payment is October 18th. This year the registration form can be filled out digitally , printed and mailed in. Also attached is the T-shirt pre order form. We ask that when you mail everything in you please pay by check.You may make one check for shirt orders and r...
Due to the changes by New York City on August 16, 2021, here are the updates to COVID-19 Entry Protocols to enter Madison Square Garden on September 9th for our game against NYPD All guests age 12 and older are required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination in order to attend Hockey Heroes- FDNY vs. NYPD Hockey at Madison Square Garden. Ful...
The 47th Annual FDNY vs NYPD Hockey Game will be played on September 9th at Madison Square Garden - honoring the 20th Anniversary of September 11th. Pre-game ceremonies will begin at 7:30pm ET and for the first time, will be aired live on ESPN2 at 8:00pm ET. (For Official Press Release from Madison Square Garden...scroll to bottom of this page.) DO...
Unfortunately, with all that's going on in the world today we regret to inform you that this year's NYPD vs FDNY Hockey game at Madison Square Garden that was supposed to take place on April 4th, 2020 has been POSTPONED. Both teams have been in constant dialogue with MSG and are working towards a late October date for the game to be rescheduled. I...
The FDNY Hockey Team will face off against the Chicago Police Stars on Saturday, February 8th at 6pm. Game will take place at the Staten Island Skating Pavillion at 3080 Arthur Kill Road in Staten Island, NY. There will be a $5 entry fee (kids under 12 are free). All proceeds will go to the Ray Pfeifer Foundation. We will ha...
The FDNY Hockey Team would like to congratulate the 2019 King of the Wheels winners. A Division - E-216 / L-108 / B-35 B Division - E-257 / L-170 /B-58 C Division - E-309 / L-159 D Division - E-245/ L-161 / B-43 E Division - E-325 / L-163 Thank you to all those that played and supported the tournament!!!
The 46th Annual FDNY-NYPD Charity Game took place on Saturday, March 30th at Madison Square Garden to a sold out crowd of over 18,000 fans for the third time in four years. New York’s Bravest were wearing white while New York’s Finest wore blue. In a locker room presentation, the FDNY team presented the family of Michael Davidson E-69, who lost his life at a fire last year, with a check for $10,000. The on ice pre-game ceremony included the FDNY and NYPD Ceremonial Units, Pipes and Drums, Dignitaries, a ceremonial puck drop with the Davidson family and a moment of silence for all those we have lost on the last year from Line of Duty Deaths as well as 9/11 Related Illness. Municipal Credit Union and Ford made check presentations to both teams as well. Hooters was the official game sponsor.
Puck dropped at 11:55am and it was a close first period with neither team scoring. Anthony Antenucci opening the scoring for the FDNY at the 5 minute mark of the second period, on assists from Derek Kern and Joe Sanger. A little over 2 minutes later the NYPD tied it up with a goal from Lopes. (Assists - McAleer/Morales) NYPD took a 2-1 lead on a goal from Antonik with an assist from Hurley and Charlie Venticinque. NY’s Finest had a power play and was Ragone was able to score off an assist from McCreery.
Derek Kern (Assist - Thomas Esposito) score just 12 seconds into the third period to bring the FDNY to within one goal. Jim Becker ended up tying the game at 3-3 with a backhand shot up over the goalie. At 14:59, Anthony Antenucci scored his second of the game off a pass from John Sullivan to take the first Bravest lead of the day. Less than a minute later NYPD Antonitis scored to take away the FDNY lead and tie up the game at 4-4. The game ended regulation tied and ended up doing a 5 on 5 overtime for 5 minutes. A couple close calls but the game ran out of time and the two teams had to settle for a time.
Thank you to all our fans that came to the game and supported the team. Both teams were able to run a 50/50 and the donation of $10,000 went to the Ray Pfeifer Foundation. The team also did a t-shirt collaboration with the New York Ranger Fans Clothing Company, WeBleedBlue.com, and were able to raise another $4,000 for the Ray Pfeifer Foundation. The Ray Pfeifer Foundation are a charitable organization that are dedicated to assisting September 11th first responders, firefighters and police, with medical needs not covered by insurance. If you would like to donate to them, go to www.TheRayPfeiferFoundation.org.
The 46th Annual Charity Hockey game between New York City's BRAVEST and FINEST will take place once again at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 2019.
Puck drop will be an early on at 11:30am. The FDNY will go for it's 3rd win in a row.
Tickets will go on sale soon...details to follow.
On Saturday, March 24, 2018 the FDNY faced off with the NYPD in the 45th Annual Charity Hockey Game. First Deputy Commissioner Laura Kavanagh represented the FDNY in the opening ceremony, and a moment of silence was held for members who made the Supreme Sacrifice this year in the line-of-duty - Lt. Christopher Raguso, Lt. Michael Davidson, Fire Marshal Christopher "Tripp" Zanetis and FF. William Tolley - and all those lost to illness as a result of the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center.
The FDNY Hockey Team made a $15,000 donation to the Ray Pfeifer Foundation. MCU made a $5,000 donation to the FDNY/NYPD Hockey Teams. Our team sponsor, Haix, also participated in the pre-game ceremony. It also was a celebration of 50 Years of Bravest Hockey, founded back in 1968, by members Tim Gallagher, Ed McLoughlin and Gene Scott. Ed dropped the ceremonial puck with long time GM Billy Kammerer for the FDNY while Gerry Cassagne dropped it for NYPD and also Bobby Tolley, brother of FF. William Tolley.
The puck dropped at noon and the NYPD started the scoring with a quick power play goal from McAleer (Lopes) at 19:02. John Sullivan (Kern) tied it up on a power play goal at 16:51, tying the score 1-1 for the 1st period.
Steve Romano scored an unassisted goal at 15:28 of the second period. Power play goals later in the second by Finest player Gambardella (Harrigan) at 5:51 and Bravest player Joe Sanger (Zeilman) at 4:41. So after the second period it was New York’s Bravest leading 3-2.
NYPD’s Lopes (Harrigan) tied it up with a little over two minutes into the 3rd period. Chris Princiotta (Keane) gave the FDNY a 4-3 lead a little less than half way through the third but it was NYPD’s Gabay (Antiok, Antianades) who tied it up and end in regulation 4-4.
Due to the New York Rangers playing later that evening the teams had to be off the ice by a set time so it went straight to a 3-man shootout. Being the home team, NYPD decided to shoot last so the Fire Department was shooting first.
Shooters for FD were: Shooters for PD were:
6 - Elfant – scored 13 - McAleer – missed s
16 - Kelly – missed 77 - Gambardella – missed
12 - Romano – missed 21 - Antianades – scored
7 - Kern – missed 72 - Antiok – missed
13 - Antenucci – scored 20 - Morales – missed
Anthony Antenucci’s game winning goal lifted the FDNY to a 5-4 victory. Goaltender Kurt Pflumm recorded 44 saves for the day and landed the MVP for FDNY. FDNY now leads the 45 year series with a 25-18-2 record.
Thank you to Don LaGreca and Rick DiPietro for broadcasting the game on ESPN and EJ Radek for interviewing Pete on NHL Network. Thank you to all our fans for your support!!! See you again next year.
The 45th Annual FDNY vs NYPD Charity Hockey Game will take place on March 24th, 12pm at Madison Square Garden.
TICKETS FOR THIS YEARS GAME ARE SOLD OUT!!!!
This year will we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the FDNY hockey Team.
Donations can be made at https://icehockeyheroes.com/game-details
The FDNY Hockey Team 2018 King of the Ice Tournament will be moving to the Freeport Rec Center in Freeport, NY. It will run from February 26 - March 21.
2018 SCHEDULE IS NOW UP
The application will be released on January 5th at noon at www.FDNYkingoftheice.com. The tournament will be going back to 96 teams so spots will be very limited.
Here is a breakdown of the days we will play:
Feb 26...9:00-3:40pm
Feb 27...9:00-3:40pm
Feb 28...9:00-3:40pm
Mar 1...9:00-3:40pm
Mar 2...9:00-3:40pm
