FDNY – BIG

The National Hockey League is on hiatus for a few days as teams gear up for the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, but there was still some hockey going on over the weekend including what should have been a friendly exhibition game between the NYPD and the FDNY.

The game wasn’t all that friendly though as both teams got physical with one another throughout the contest, and that would be true of the game from start to finish.

With only 30 seconds left on the clock in the game’s third and final period on Saturday night, Thomas Esposito of the FDNY and Ryan Dermody of the NYPD treated fans to what would prove to be the best tilt of the game. Right from the faceoff the two men squared off, dropping their gloves and their helmet’s as Paul “Biznasty” Bissonnette went wild in the booth while making the call.

In the early going it looked as though Dermody would get the best of his opponent, but a devastating right hand from Esposito would send the NYPD’s Dermody down in a heap. Although Dermody was still clinging to Esposito it was clear that he was seeing stars, and the officials on the ice made the right call stepping in to protect him from any further punishment.

Dermody was on shaky legs even when he got back to the NYPD bench, leaving absolutely no doubt about who walked away with the victory in this particular tilt.

Update: There was a devastating knockout just seconds later in the very same game!

The closing moments of the FDNY vs NYPD game on Saturday night turned out to be barn burner, with multiple fights breaking out with less than a minute left on the game clock.

As we reported last night the fight between Thomas Esposito of the FDNY and Ryan Dermody of the NYPD would end in a devastating TKO courtesy of a huge bomb from Esposito, but the finish to the fight that would follow just 10 seconds later was even more brutal than the one that preceded it.

This time the two combatants would be John Perretta of the FDNY and James “Jimmy” Hall of the NYPD, and unfortunately for Hall it would become evident that he bit off more than could chew.

At no point did Hall mount any meaningful offense, instead acting like a punching bag for Perretta who showed his fellow first responder no mercy. Perretta would land a series of punishing lefts and rights, switching hands with ease, before eventually putting Hall down with a monsterous right hand and flexing for the crowd that roared with appreciation.