Photo: Joe Noyes/NoVa Caps
The AHL’s Hershey Bears held their annual Teddy Bear Toss game on Sunday, which was one to remember. After center Michael Sgarbossa lit the lamp for Hershey, the teddy bears rained—poured— down onto the ice, and NoVa Caps’ photojournalist Joe Noyes captured all the sweet, cuddly, and historic mayhem from Giant Center.
Sgarbossa tied the game at 1-1 late in the first period against the Providence Bruins. Cue the teddy bears!
Forget snow in your forecast…
🧸🧸🧸𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙀𝘿𝘿𝙔 𝘽𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎?!🧸🧸🧸@GiantFoodStores | #TeddyBearTossHershey pic.twitter.com/gmjXk766yc
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) January 5, 2025
The Fans
The Toss
The Aftermath
The grand total of the night: 102, 343 bears and stuffed animals were thrown, establishing a new ice hockey world-record count!
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Hershey would defeat Providence, 5-1, improving to 21-10-3 and 45 points on the season. They host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Giant Center on Tuesday at 7 PM ET.
By Della Young