Police play sled hockey to benefit Mighty Penguins
Three teams filled with police officers competed in a sled hockey tournament Saturday at the UPMC Lemieux Complex in Cranberry Township raising money for the Mighty Penguins.
The Mighty Penguins is an organization and team of sled hockey players. The players have physical disabilities, but fans might not see that as they fly around the ice.
“Our players are very proud of their sled hockey sport,” said Christine Hupkovich, executive director for the Mighty Penguins.
Both Cranberry and Adams township police departments fielded teams, as did Northern Regional Police Department, just across the border in Allegheny County.
Northern Regional defeated Cranberry in the finals by a 2-1 score, going on to play members of the Mighty Penguins team in an exhibition.
Cranberry Township Patrolman Rob Capezio said his team, as runners-up, also played against some of the Mighty Penguins team a little later, and he was impressed by their skill.
“They were showing us how talented they were, how well they could get up and down the ice and handle the puck, shoot and pass and doing it with precision,” Capezio said.
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