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Video: WHL fans rain more than 25,000 teddy bears onto ice

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For the second year in a row, Pavel Padakin of the Calgary Hitmen scored the requisite “Teddy Bear Toss” goal. The end result was more than 25,000 teddy bears raining down on the ice during the WHL team’s match against the Medicine Hat Tigers on Sunday.

It’s seriously a stunning thing to behold:

That video’s basically a toddler’s dream, isn’t it?

The event has charitable leanings, making the warm-and-fuzziness just that much more warm-and-fuzzy. This is the 19th annual addition of the event, which drew 17,199 to a building the Hitmen share with the Calgary Flames.

Yahoo’s Buzzing the Net provides a little more background:

The charitable effort has is annual rite across the Canadian Hockey League in November and December. Calgary’s archrival, the Edmonton Oil Kings, also hold a big one (complete with tips on how it’s done). At least two major junior teams, the Belleville Bulls and Kootenay Ice, ask fans to throw winter gloves and hats which are given to those in need.

Really, this photo via the Hitmen’s Twitter feed really says it all, though:

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Has anyone made a mattress out of teddy bears before?

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