Fans of the American Hockey League (AHL) club”Hershey Bear “More than 74,000 teddy bears were thrown onto the ice after the team’s Russian forward scored a goal Bogdana Trineeva reports RMNB .
In the AHL regular season game, Hershey defeated Lehigh Valley in overtime with a score of 3:2.
After Trineev’s goal in the 35th minute of the match, 74,599 bear cubs flew onto the ice, this is a new record in the club’s history. For this reason, play was suspended for 50 minutes while stewards and volunteers removed toys from the site. According to tradition, the bears will be sent to charitable organizations.
The “Teddy Bear Toss” promotion is traditional for Hershey fans during the Christmas holidays. People come to hockey games with stuffed animals and throw them on the ice when the team scores the first puck.
Then all the toys are collected and donated to charities, churches, schools and orphanages.
This season in the AHL, Trineev, 21, played 28 games and scored 9 points (5+4). Hershey is the farm club of the Washington Capitals.
Source : MatchTV
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