HONOLULU-it might be cold inside the Ice Palace, but the hockey players of the Navy, air force, army, Marines, and Coast Guard heated up hard ice hockey contest will benefit from the development of lähettikin warriors, 29.
Charity hockey game was the brainchild of the Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David Taylor, the principal organizer of the event, who is employed in this common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.
Taylor, Blue Team Captain "ice hockey after passion mine I was a boy, and if I was going to ever make some kind of charity event, it had to be something I enjoy doing," said."Hockey and the wounded Warrior Project quite naturally went together."
The wounded Warrior project is a general interest organization that honors and adjust lähettikin warriors awareness and enlisting the aid of citizens seriously injured service men and women according to the needs of the project will also help. these service members aid and assist each other.
"I believe that the wounded Warrior Project will affect the lives of Soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines and their families," Taylor said. "They have given so much to that country, and this is our thanking them. "
Taylor, which have been adopted to Iraq, the military personnel must be familiar with, in particular with a view to combating male and ranges.
Volunteers became common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam according to the first class Petty, USO Hawaii, Honolulu Police Department and staff throughout the island.
USO shall be paid to have time, posters and the players of the United States.
In person, authorised the sale of commemorative t-shirt sales and silent auction, the transaction between the raised more than $ 10,000, which goes to the wounded Warrior Project.
A silent auction featured collectible items, such as Team USA shirt shirt autographed by 2010, the Silver medal, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Team player Ryan Getzlaf, San Jose Sharks player Patrick Marleau signed shirt signed by Puck Jack Johnson and hockey stick signed by 2009-2010 Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues player signed by the wheel and the youth sized All-Star symbol.
Game pitted the Army/Air Force group, who wore white against the United States: ' Marines/Coast Guard/Navy team, who donned the blue of the United States.
Army/Air Force broke the ice by scoring the first goal during the first period. Josh James, 2nd Battalion, light infantry Regiment of their removal from, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th light infantry Division, scored the goal, to help Tom Bell, White Team captian, coming from the United States Pacific Command.
Peter Matonis, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd BCT scored the second goal, Bill Schwab, u.s. military-Pacific to another during the period.
Blue Team fought back and two-sided goals scored the second period. Rafi Steinger Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37, scored the first, help, Craig Cercone, Headquarters Bn, Marine Corps Base. Hawaii.
Matt Pothier, PACOM, scored the team's second goal with the help of his Cercone, who arrive on the territory of the second game.
2-2, the third and final 20 minutes going into liquidation, transfer linked to score White Team will help you get up to speed and three-sided obtained. Michael Knaeble 535th Airlift Squadron, common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, twice scored help from Rob Wooley, 1400 Medical Operations Squadron and Matonis.
Ed Cueno, 58th army police company, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Welcome Command, calculate the final objective to assist with the Wooley, his second game.
Jeremy Gabbard, Pacific fleet scored the final goal, Blue Team, Pothier, help the company make a comeback with the final leaving White Team winner final result is a 5-3.
"Even if the result is not what we wanted, we are looking forward for rematch next year," Taylor said. "The success of the Event was just phenomenal, and to all who came to show their support had a lot of time. "
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