{"id":486105,"date":"2026-01-05T09:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=486105"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:24:07","slug":"bears-fly-for-the-teddy-bear-toss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=486105","title":{"rendered":"Bears fly for the Teddy Bear Toss"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1q4ikvf\/bears_fly_for_the_teddy_bear_toss\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/MmI3cGFpZzJnaWJnMYu_M_rzgZVYT0-8xvJNLvzLerfF14eOEL1_K0XnN4YU.png?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=2b79a65325e39fb19fdd5b62525431df41aba4ce\" alt=\"Bears fly for the Teddy Bear Toss\" title=\"Bears fly for the Teddy Bear Toss\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>For anyone who hasn\u2019t seen this before, this is a Teddy Bear Toss.<\/p>\n<p>After the home team\u2019s first goal, fans throw stuffed animals onto the ice. The game pauses, crews clear the surface, and every toy is donated to children\u2019s hospitals, charities, and families in need.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it delays the game.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it makes a mess.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, it\u2019s still one of the best things sports fans do every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did it start?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tradition began in 1993 in Canada with a junior hockey team and quickly spread across leagues and countries as one of sports\u2019 most unique charity moments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun stat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The all-time record stands at 74,599 stuffed animals collected in a single game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/takesthebiscuit99\"> \/u\/takesthebiscuit99 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/v.redd.it\/m9vvjvf2gibg1\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1q4ikvf\/bears_fly_for_the_teddy_bear_toss\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>For anyone who hasn\u2019t seen this before, this is a Teddy Bear Toss. After the home team\u2019s first goal, fans throw stuffed animals onto the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=486105\" title=\"Bears fly for the Teddy Bear Toss\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=486105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486108,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486105\/revisions\/486108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/486107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=486105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=486105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=486105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}