Glenwood’s goalie Clay Nestor helps firefighters to first victory

Glenwood Firefighter Clay Nestor’s ability at goalie helped the Minnesota Firefighters to an easy win over the Police in the 8th annual Guns-N-Hoses Hockey Charity Classic on Feb. 23 at Blaine Super Rink in Blaine, Minn.

The Firemen won for the first time in the 8-year history, not only defeating the police but doing it with a 7-0 shutout.

The Firemen were fired up from the drop of the first puck and with Nestor’s performance, its a sure bet that if he wants to be, he will be back at goalie for the firefighters in the hockey classic next year.  

Many of the Glenwood Fire Department  watched the live stream that night and there was a contingent of local fans at the event, including Clay’s parents and family.  

After the win Clay Nestor received the trophy and held it high as he did a skate around.

The Guns-N-Hoses event is an annual Hockey Game that features local police personnel pitted against local fire personnel (plus a few NHL guest players), in an epic game of hockey as they battle for coveted bragging rights as to who is the better hockey team – all while they raise funds to support a very important cause.

Each year, the Guns-N-Hoses planning committee interviews and selects partners to support by providing much needed financial support. This year, LLVIPS and our Premier Sponsor Centennial Youth Hockey Association were proud to have selected FRONT LINE FOUNDATION as our charitable benefactor for the 8th Annual Gun-N-Hoses Hockey Charity Classic event.​

 The Front Line Foundation began to help and support our Fallen Heroes, including Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, EMS, and the Minnesota National Guard. We provide support to those who died while in the line of duty, by giving benefit payments to dependents of fallen first responders. 

 In addition, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and EMS First Responders face armed and dangerous criminals, impaired individuals wielding weapons, even emotionally charged and threatening domestic disputes. They are the Front Line Defenders of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities who face and diffuse the high-risk, frequently appalling situations we know or hear about, with disbelief, on the news.  They also provide endowments and support for the families of fallen heroes, The Front Line Foundation will underwrite scholarships and training registration costs for Front Line personnel as well as support preparedness training for safety officers in hospitals, schools, and places of worship. Further, they assist with the purchase of needed safety and tactical equipment not currently within the budget of the local unit of government.