Teddy Bears Being Thrown Onto the Ice!!!!!
Fans bring in teddy bears to donate to needy kids, but they don’t drop them off at the door… instead, they wait until the home team scores their first goal, and then fling them on the ice.
More than 28,000 stuffed animals came raining down from the stands on Sunday, setting a new record for the most ever received.
Jordy Stallard’s second-period goal triggered the barrage of teddy bears.
Yesterday, the Calgary Hitmen-Swift Current Broncos hockey game encountered a almost 40-minute delay as a result of… teddy bears?
The total broke the previous world record of 26,919 stuffed toys that were thrown onto the ice at the Saddledome in 2007 when Ian Duval scored the first goal of Calgary’s 6-2 win over the Prince George Cougars.
Hershey hockey fans got excited for a different group of bears on Sunday.
The Calgary Hitmen have the best fan activity/promotion in all of sports. The team collects teddy bears for local children’s groups but they do it in a similar fashion to how fans would celebrate a hat trick.