ALBUQUERQUE, NM – For the third year in a row members of the prohockeynews.com staff and ownership group gathered to help support a charity hockey game in New Mexico. This year’s event was held in Albuquerque at the Outpost Ice Arena . The game featured the New Mexico IceHoles versus a composite team of the Albuquerque Police and Albuquerque Fire Departments.
“Anytime we can lend a hand in conducting these games or help in fundraising we will be there,” PHN publisher and IceHoles’ defenseman Lou Lafrado said.
Photo by Sue Watrous. PHN%27s Lafrado Capt. Geier take ceremonial puck drop
The August charity game was conducted to benefit
Albuquerque’s
Family Advocacy Center . The Center was established as a safe environment for families in crisis from intimate partner violence and provides a “one-stop” location supported by 14 different organizations that help both adult and child victims of violence. All services are free to the users and each is selectable by the family. Services include counseling, child protective services, legal services, forensic interviews, and medical examinations among others.
“The
Family Advocacy Center serves a critical need in the state and we are pleased to offer this support to the Center and the game,” PHN
Photo by Sue Watrous. Not the publisher%27s best side
director of marketing and IceHoles’ defenseman Bill Sommers said. “We have a commitment to hockey and the local community and this is a great program that we are honored to get behind.”
The New Mexico IceHoles team was co-sponsored by the
NM Hockey League in
Albuquerque which supplied players and support for the game.
“We’ve been working with the IceHoles and Lou (Lafrado) for five years on a number of charity projects and we were happy to help out on the
Family Advocacy Center too,” NM Hockey League’s commissioner Joe Hanson said. “We support each other on many of these types of events and this game was a great addition to the list.”
The APD/AFD composite team was organized by Captain Mike Geier of the Albuquerque Police Department and commander of the Center.
“We have one objective,” Geier said. “We are here to help families in crisis and get them the support they seek and respond to their immediate and long-term needs. We are grateful to all of our sponsors for their support.”
Photo by Sue Watrous. IceHoles team photo
Geier was also captain of the APD/AFD team for the charity game.
Former New Mexico Scorpion players and current
Albuquerque firemen Matt Barnes and Clint Wensley were coaches for the APD/AFD team.
The final score in the game itself was 8-4 in favor of the APD/AFD team.
The event raised an estimated $5,000 for the
Family Advocacy Center which was the real winner on the night. For more information on the Center visit
www.abqfamily.org .
Contact the author at
lou.lafrado@prohockeynews.com .
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