{"id":71188,"date":"2024-01-13T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=71188"},"modified":"2024-01-13T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:41:17","slug":"hockey-fans-set-new-record-by-launching-75000-teddy-bears-into-the-icethe-reason-will-warm-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=71188","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Fans Set New Record by Launching 75,000 Teddy Bears Into the Ice\u2026The reason will warm your heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, a professional ice hockey team in Pennsylvania broke a franchise record for the most teddy <\/p>\n

bears thrown into the ice by supporters in an effort to support nearby children, rather than goals scored.<\/p>\n

The Hershey Bears scored a goal to start the yearly Teddy Bear Toss tradition, which gathers toys for charitable causes, and that’s when the plush chaos began in the second period.<\/p>\n

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Four minutes into the second period at the Giant Center last week, a riot of plush toys descended, totaling seventy-five thousand stuffed animals.<\/p>\n

\u2018You see it on film, but it was much more incredible in person. It was just amazing to witness, as Bears coach Todd Nelson put it.<\/p>\n

\u2018At first, you’re celebrating the goal, and then you start getting pelted with bears,\u2019 described Chase Priskie, <\/p>\n

a new player for Hershey who was introduced to the event. \u2018The atmosphere is simply amazing when tens of thousands of bears begin to descend upon you.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The collection of toys for the club’s Hershey Bears Cares initiative, which collected 67,309 toys last year and donated them to over 35 local organizations, was eclipsed by this event.<\/p>\n

Since its launch in 2001, the Toss has gathered almost half a million plush animals for underprivileged kids.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Sweigart Family Foundation gave $55,000 to the Children’s Miracle Network in Hershey this year to honor the local supporters’ achievements.<\/p>\n

The Hershey-based Bears improved their AHL-best record to 29-7-0 this season with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, which came after a 40-minute wait to cart out all the toys.<\/p>\n

At 1:08, see the bear drop to start the fun.<\/p>\n