Fans pelted more than 45,000 stuffed animals at a Pennsylvania hockey team -- for charity, of course

The Pennsylvania pro-hockey team hosted its annual Teddy Bear Toss, a time-honored hockey tradition that invites fans in the stands to chuck stuffed animals onto the ice after the home team sinks its first goal. When the toys defrost, they're donated to local charities. It took eight minutes for the bears to score, and that was the cue to commence the mayhem. Fans pelted players with stuffed animals from every seat in the stadium.

Bears defenseman Martin Fehervary swung at the toys with his hockey stick as though they were softballs -- and to an extent, weren't they?In all, Bears staff counted 45,650 toys, from huggable teddies to a gigantic stuffed sloth that waded down the stands like a crowd surfer. The team says this year's haul is the largest ever among all participating teams and the final tally numbered 10,000 toys more than last year's toss.

TheHersheyBears A view from above:

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Although this would have been a (briefly) frightening experience for me and my fellow bears, it was for a really good cause. May the 🐻🐻🐻fly!!!😊

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