It's the start of a new summer
tradition in Toms River, a hockey game to honor a native son known as the Big
Red Cup.
The game helped turn a tragedy
into something positive as they play in honor of Patrick Romano, who died
in a house fire at Niagara University last year.
He played hockey at Toms River
East and his mother Charlene watched the game that featured Toms
River and Niagara University players.
Word got around and the community
showed up, raising $17,000 for scholarships named after Patrick for both
schools.
That's pretty good for the first
edition of this game as they plan to do it again next summer.