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Hockey Fans In Central Pennsylvania Broke A Record On Saturday By Tossing Over 50,000 Teddy Bears On The Ice Dateline Pennsylvania. Hockey fans in central PA broke a world record…
VANCOUVER, BC – DECEMBER 18: Stuffed animals are thrown onto the ice after Ty Ronning #7 of the Vancouver Giants scored a goal against the Everett Silvertips during the first period of their WHL game at the Pacific Coliseum on December 18, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Once a year, the Vancouver Giants have a Teddy Bear Toss night in which all stuffed animals are donated to a local charity. (Photo by Ben Nelms/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ben Nelms/Getty Images)Hockey Fans In Central Pennsylvania Broke A Record On Saturday By Tossing Over 50,000 Teddy Bears On The Ice
Dateline Pennsylvania. Hockey fans in central PA broke a world record on Saturday by tossing over 50,000 teddy bears on the playing ice all at once. The play-by-play call is hilarious... scroll down for that.
It happened during a minor league game between the Hershey Bears and Hartford Wolf Pack.
The team has been collecting teddy bears – stuffed animals of all kinds really – and donating them to local children’s organizations for a few years now. They encourage fans to bring stuffed animals, designate a game as the game to throw ‘em on the ice and the fans come out in droves…
As soon as the Bears scored their first goal, fans tossed 52,341 stuffed animals on the ice. They're all being donated to the Boys & Girls Club and other charities. Here's the play-by-play by local announcers, Zach Fisch and Mitch Lamoureux, have the call...
Once the stuff was cleaned off the ice… the Bears went on to defeat the Hartford Wolf Pack, 5-0.
