First Responders Hockey Tournament and benefit for Save the Children

The Danbury Fire Department hockey team will ‘face-off’ for kids starting Friday, April 4, at the Sound Tigers’ second annual First Responders Hockey Tournament at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, which will benefit Westport-based Save the Children’s programs. 

The weekend tournament, which runs Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6, will pit 12 local police and fire department teams from Fairfield, New Haven and Westchester counties against each other, culminating in the First Responders Hockey Tournament championship game at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 6. 

The championship game will be followed by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ First Responders Night, the Sound Tigers’ 3 p.m. matchup against the Hershey Bears.

Tickets for the entire weekend, which includes all tournament games and the Sound Tigers game, are $20, with $4 from every ticket going to Save the Children. Tickets are available through the Sound Tigers, and each of the local first responder teams. 

For tickets or further information, contact John Reis, group sales representative for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, at (203) 345-4848 or John.Reis@harboryardse.com. All tickets must be purchased by April 5.