No N.H.L. Labor Deal Yet, but Glimpse of Hockey at Charity Game in Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY - Boardwalk Hall was filled Saturday night for something that has become rare this lockout-marred fall: a hockey game with N.H.L. players. "Fire Bettman!" many among the 10,792 fans chanted. They also cheered, "We want hockey!" The crowd of fans starved for the sport got just that, an evening of fast-paced, no-checking hockey that was easily as good as any N.H.L. All-Star Game. The team led by the Rangers" Brad Richards beat the team led by the Flyers" Scott Hartnell, 10-6, in a game called Operation Hat Trick that benefited families affected by Hurricane Sandy. N.H.L. players have skated in a handful of charity games in Quebec, Los Angeles and Chicago since Commissioner Gary Bettman imposed the lockout on Sept. But for most on the ice and in the stands Saturday night, this was the first N.H.L.-caliber game since last spring. "It's great to have hockey back in my life," a fan who gave her name as Joan said. I've missed it. The 16 players on each team relished the experience of playing again. "I got choked up when all those people started chanting that they want hockey back," Hartnell said. Defenseman Dan Girardi, one of several Rangers on Team Richards, said, "I felt a bit rusty, but it was awesome to be playing again." Displaying his dry humor, the Rangers" Marc Staal said, "The pace was pretty high at the start, but it died after 10 minutes." James Neal scored four goals for Team Richards, the third one by shooting from behind the net and bouncing the puck in off Team Hartnell goalie Martin Brodeur. Two frequent fighters during normal times, Daniel Carcillo and Arron Asham, squared off as if to trade punches, but were content to chirp at each other instead. Team Richards goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who last played competitive hockey in May, when the Rangers lost to the Devils in the Eastern Conference finals, was brilliant. He stopped three breakaways, four penalty shots and 56 shots in all, showing the spectacular form that earned him the Vezina Trophy last season. He did so despite having just flown in from Sweden, where he has faced only one shooter in on-ice sessions for the last month. "Mentally, it's been terrible," Lundqvist said. I want to play real games again. Brodeur, who prevailed over Lundqvist in the Eastern Conference finals, stopped 35 shots wearing a white sweater with trim in Flyers orange and was treated to lusty derision from the Flyers and Rangers fans in attendance. "Marty was caught in a perfect storm: Rangers fans hate him, and Flyers fans hate him," Hartnell said. But I told him he's still a great guy, no matter what everyone says about him. Brodeur said he let in 10 goals because he was wearing Flyers colors. "I'm not used to that orange," he said. Besides Neal, who played for the Penguins before the lockout, the other goal scorers for Team Richards were Mike Komisarek (Toronto), Bobby Ryan (Anaheim), Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa), Brian Boyle (the Rangers), Ville Leino (Buffalo) and Jeff Halpern (the Rangers). For Team Hartnell, the goal scorers were Simon Gagne (Los Angeles), Wayne Simmonds (Philadelphia), James van Riemsdyk (Toronto), Justin Williams (Los Angeles), Andy Greene (the Devils) and David Clarkson (the Devils). Before the game, Donald Fehr, the union's executive director, held a meeting with many of the players present for the game. The lockout, which has lasted 70 days, has resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of games and has placed the entire season in jeopardy. Fehr said no new negotiations with the league were scheduled. The last session, on Wednesday, resulted in the league's rejection of the union's latest proposal. But on Saturday night, actual hockey finally replaced the lockout as the main focus, even if the hockey was on the easygoing side. Vinny Guadagnino from "Jersey Shore" stood behind the Team Richards bench as an honorary coach. There were coolers of beer in the dressing rooms after the game. Proceeds from the game, the first sellout for hockey at Boardwalk Hall since 1933, raised money for the Empire State Relief Fund, the Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund and the American Red Cross. Organizers did not have a postgame estimate of the amount of money raised but said a figure would be released in the coming days. "To do something for charity, for the city, for the state - anything that we can do as a group, we're going to do," the Rangers" Steve Eminger said.