DarkStar50 679 Report post Posted September 8, 2006 The NYFD is having a 9/11 Remembrance Tournament at the Ice House this week-end. Games started at 8:30 AM this morning and the skate sharpening was non-stop! We have three rinks going with games. There are 30 teams in from as far west as Phoenix, from Atlanta, and Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The NYFD has about 10 teams entered from different fire houses around all 5 boroughs. There were 2 Prevost buses outside the rink from Ontario, as well. Toronto FD has a team here. That bus ride must have been a blast because the first thing they were looking for was more ice for the beers in the cooler! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hockeymom 2 Report post Posted September 8, 2006 Good on the NYFD - what a great idea! So, DS50... sounds like you got run off your feet; anything left? or are you reduced to a mere nub of humanity at this point!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3803 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 FDNY has some really good teams. They used to come down to Orlando for a fire/police tournament and outplayed/outdrank everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkStar50 679 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 The line I heard tonight about the #1 Fire and Ice team for NYFD: "Oh yeah, they can skate and they can drink. They got some oilers, too!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim A 4 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 those guys are all in good shape on that squad..they are deep as well...used to roll 4 lines on pro style shifts in some scrimmages...an eyeopener when 13 is a lot for your own crew..glad to see the support is still strong..Peter....any of the older guys there from the Monday Morning Skate or is it strictly competitive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkStar50 679 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 They are running three divisions: A, B, and C. I would say most of today's guys were definitely "players." Jim, the senior members of the Monday Morning S-O-R group(another 25+ years bunch) would be in for a long skate.We all know how tight we are as hockey players, so just add the firemen's bond to the mix and know that these are all very special guys. Kudos to NYFD for putting it together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim A 4 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 good point DS...I forget how old some of those guys are, didn't know if a few of the others though (Turk/Billy Hayes,etc had hopped in) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoatBar17 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2006 DarkStar:Curious: Where were the teams from out of NH and MA?Great idea and agree on kudos to NYFD for putting it all together! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkStar50 679 Report post Posted September 11, 2006 I don't know where exactly either team was from. I was so busy in the shop I did not get to see as much of the games as I had hoped. Team New Hampshire(on their jersey) made it to the finals in the A divsion against NYFD. The A division had some speed, for sure. Toronto sent down 2 teams and Ottawa had a team as well. I'll say one thing: they grow some big goalies up north! One of the shop guys said the goalie wasn't that big while we watched a bit through the shop window out through the lobby into Rink 2. I told him, "hey, the goalie is doing a butterfly right now. Wait until he stands up." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoatBar17 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2006 LOL....Similar story. This summer during our Beer League, opposing goalie comes on to the ice for warm-ups late, sporting brand new oversized custom Eagles. Pure white; never seen a puck. Chirping starts immediately from both teams. Half way through the 1st, someone on our bench yells out to the ref at the near blue line: "Hey, ref ...Aren't you going to measure those things?"He turned to our bench and with a smile said:"No, but I do feel like I should skate over and see if I can get a beer out of one of them" Bench busted a gut laughing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
