Saturday night's Fairfield co-op vs Greenwich boys ice hockey game at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport was a special one for the team and the community.
The Fairfield program honored one of their own, former Fairfield goalie, Charlie Capalbo who is battling cancer for the fourth time.
There was a good turnout from the community, both adults and students. There were a number of items for Capalbo Strong night. All proceeds from the game went to Charlie and his family.
- The admission charge went to the family
- There was a silent auction
- There were Capalbo Strong items to purchase
Prior to the game, there was an pre-game ceremony to acknowledge what the night meant.
Around the rink, there were also a number of Capalbo items.
There were cutouts of Charlie and his family sitting in the stands.
There was Charlie's No. 30 jersey with a sign that said "Capalbo Strong - Playing for Charlie" along with the Capalbo Strong logo which includes a hockey goalie mask. The jersey and sign were at mid-ice during the ceremony and then moved to the Fairfield bench when the game began.
A #CapalboStrong sign hung in the left corner of the rink, near the Fairfield bench.
During the game, the students from both The Nest (Ludlowe's student section) and The Stampede (Warde's student section) (with it being a co-op team), started a "Play for Charlie" chant.
Hopefully a lot of money was raised for the family, and even more importantly hopefully Charlie beats this awful disease once and for all very soon!
Everyone talks about how the hockey community is a special one when it comes to supporting one of their own. This was shown Saturday as well and has been shown though out Charlie's battle.
Fairfield as a town has had many situations over the last number of years where a member or members of the community needed support, often is being a young person. This town has always stepped out to support their own.
Continued prayers for Charlie and the entire Capalbo family.
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