CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Division Police and Division of Fire went head to head in a hockey match Wednesday for the inaugural police versus fire face off ahead of the Cleveland Monsters’ game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

What You Need To Know

  • Local first responders partnered with the Cleveland Monsters for the inaugural police versus fire hockey game

  • It was in honor of fallen officers Jamieson Ritter and Jacob Derbin

  • A portion of proceeds from some tickets and event T-shirts were donated to the fallen officers' families

The game was played in honor of the fallen officers in Cleveland this past year, including Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter and Euclid Police officer Jacob Derbin.

Officer Ritter, 27, was shot and killed while responding to a call back in July. Officer Derbin, 23, was shot and killed back in May while responding to a disturbance call.

"We do a tournament every February where we support the families of our fallen firefighters, and we have a lot of police that play with us, and so we felt it was only fitting to pay it forward and do an event for our heroes in blue on the police side," said Jake Konys, president of the Association of Cleveland Firefighters Local 93.

A portion of proceeds from some tickets and event T-shirts were donated to the fallen officers' families.

"Our first responders go out every day and put their lives on the line for the public," said Andrew Gasiewski, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association.

Here's some photos from Wednesday: 

 

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