Goaltender Joe Aliseo of Elizabeth Local 4 led the PBA
to victory by stopping 32 consecutive shots.
Salvation Army
PBA-NJSP hockey game raises funds, awareness, spirit and hope in
the name of a girl lost too soon and the cause that honors her
n BY MITCHELL KRUGEL
n PHOTOS BY ED CARATTINI, JR.
Mallory’s Army donned PBA hockey
sweaters, warming blue armor fit for a
noble mission. Winter soldiers, every one
of them on this night before the night be-
fore New Year’s Eve, with a chance to play
a hockey game against their friends and
rivals from the NJ State Police for some
of the greatest rewards: honor, charity,
strength.
Their tribute to resiliency, right and
might personified when high-flying,
high-scoring forward Damien Broschart
of Asbury Park Local 6 took an elbow or a
shoulder – or both – to the face, a shot that
left him dinged and bloody. One minute
and 51 seconds later, the PBA went from a
sludge match tied at 2-2 to a 4-2 cathartic
foray befitting these hockey warriors and
the causes they played for before thou-
sands gathered at Mennen Arena in Mor-
ristown on Dec. 29.
The eventual 5-4 PBA victory catapulted
law enforcement hockey benevolence to a
place that one of the game’s benefactors
did not imagine going. Dianne and Seth
Grossman felt another dose of healing
power when these officers played in honor
of their beautiful daughter, Mallory Rose,
a tragic victim of cyberbullying that led to
her taking her own life on June 14 of last
year.
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The hustle and fight of Morris County Sheriffs De-
partment Local 151 member Dave McAndrew ex-
emplified the PBA’s effort in the 5-4 victory over
the NJ State Police
The hustle and fight of Morris County Sheriffs
Department Local 151 member Dave McAndrew
exemplified the PBA’s effort in the 5-4 victory
over the NJ State Police.
Captain Dan Tacopino of Monmouth County Sheriffs
Officers Local 314 shows the New Jersey’s Finest Me-
morial Cup that will be awarded to the winner of the
PBA-NJSP game every year.
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