NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville Police and Nashville Fireplace Division confronted off on the ice for extra than simply bragging rights throughout their annual 9/11 memorial hockey recreation.
The charity match served as a fundraiser for causes near first responders’ hearts.
“We elevate cash for every kind of causes whether or not it’s a firefighter in want their youngster one thing in the neighborhood that we have to get behind,” Josh Lackey mentioned.
Lackey is a captain with the Nashville Fireplace Division who additionally serves as staff captain on the ice. His ardour for hockey started in childhood when his father from Chicago taught him the sport.
“My dad was from Chicago so he taught me how one can play hockey and I took off with that it was like my soccer,” Lackey mentioned.
Off the ice, Lackey works inside the division to fight psychological well being stigmas in firefighting.
“I labored via it once I was youthful too that you just simply suck it up and transfer on you understand however now we’re breaking down these partitions,” Lackey mentioned.
This yr’s recreation raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Affiliation, a trigger notably significant to the division.
“We did not have one explicit individual that was actually needing something however we have now a chief within the division who’s son has muscular dystrophy after which a captain that misplaced a son to muscular dystrophy,” Lackey mentioned.
The occasion drew further consideration when manufacturing crews from the tv present “9-1-1 Nashville” filmed the sport to include actual first res ponder actions into their sequence.
“9-1-1 Nashville is on set to include some actual actions from first responders of their sequence,” Lackey mentioned. “Being part of that manufacturing is a as soon as in a lifetime expertise you understand.”
Metro Police took residence the victory on the Ford Ice Heart, scoring 10 objectives whereas Nashville Fireplace scored 4. The sport served as each a tribute to 9/11 and a profitable fundraiser for a worthy trigger.
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