Fire/Police Face Off

The Danbury Fire Department and the Danbury Police Department faced off at the Danbury Ice Arena Sunday in a charity fundraiser.

Fire Chief Geoffrey Herald said he fully expected the fire department to win by one goal.
“It will be a fiercely-fought match,” Herald said.

Police Chief Al Baker said the police would win by two.

“It will probably be 6-4,” Baker said.

Baker was right. The police won 6-4.

In the first period, Joe Stabile scored the first goal for the Fire Department.

With 6:19 remaining in the period, Rob Ehrhard tied the game by scoring the first goal for the Police Department.

The audience was highly partial, being either the children, family or relatives of one department or the other. Many had been attending the annual game for the last eight years.

The Fire Department has wone four times, the police twice and the departments tied once. Sunday’s match is the eighth for the two teams.

“The police will win,” said Michael Malone, who has a son named Matt on the Police Department.

“I think the PD will win,” said Laurie Leavy, whose father was a member, now retired, of the Yonkers Police Department.

Police Explorer Robert Didato said the police department would win, “Obviously.”

Joe Cavo, who works in the Fire Department, responded to a statement the police might win by asking, “You want to take this outside?”