The Calgary Hitmen’s annual Teddy Bear Toss has turn into a beloved custom on the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Because the occasion’s inception in 1995, the workforce has collected virtually half one million stuffed animals for distribution to children locally, together with sufferers on the Alberta Youngsters’s Hospital.
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Of the 457,163 complete teddy bears and different stuffies, greater than 21,000 of them hit the Dome ice on Sunday, when Calgary Hitmen ahead London Hoilett scored just a bit over 9 minutes into the sport in opposition to the Prince Albert Raiders.
Right here’s a have a look at another memorable moments tied to the Calgary Hitmen’s Teddy Bear Toss over time, as captured by our photographers.
Calgary Hitmen London Hoilett was additionally the hero final yr, scoring on Moose Jaw Warriors goalie Jackson Unger to unleash the teddy bears throughout the Calgary Hitmen’s twenty seventh annual Enmax Teddy Bear Toss on the Scotiabank Saddledome on December 4, 2022.Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia file Calgary Hitmen smile after Cael Zimmerman scored the primary aim in opposition to the Lethbridge Hurricanes within the workforce’s annual Teddy Bear Toss recreation in Calgary on December 4, 2021.Gavin Younger/Postmedia file Calgary Hitmen Carson Focht helps collect up the teddy bears after scoring throughout the Teddy Bear Toss recreation in opposition to Crimson Deer Rebels on the Saddledome on Sunday, December 1, 2019. Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia CalgaryAzin Ghaffari/Postmedia file Calgary Hitmen ahead Kaden Elder arms out teddy bears to children on the Alberta Youngsters’s Hospital on December 10, 2018. Hitmen gamers distributed a few of the 1000’s of bears collected at Sunday’s annual Teddy Bear Toss recreation.Gavin Younger/Postmedia file Fur flies from the stands after Calgary Hitmen Vladislav Yeryomenko scores on Moose Jaw Warriors goalie Adam Evanoff to kick off the twenty third Teddy Bear Toss on the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday, December 10, 2017.Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia file Layne Bensmiller, left, and Radel Fazleev of the Calgary Hitmen dive right into a pile of stuffed toys throughout the twenty first annual Teddy Bear Toss on the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.Lyle Aspinall/Postmedia file Pavlo Padakin flies right into a pile of stuffed toys after he scored the primary Calgary Hitmen aim of the sport in opposition to the Drugs Hat Tigers within the annual Teddy Bear Toss at Scotiabank Saddledome on December 1, 2013.Mike Drew/Postmedia file
