On Sunday evening the Ottawa 67s hosted the Barrie Colts in a battle between two major junior ice hockey teams. It also happened to be the night of the Teddy Bear Toss, a charitable initiative common amongst junior and minor league hockey leagues. Fans attend the game with teddy bears and other stuffed animals. When the home team scores its first goal, all those toys are tossed onto the ice in celebration and are gifted to children in need.
A heartwarming event around the holidays but it is still hockey, as everybody was reminded of on Sunday. After the 67s got on the board via a Luca Pinelli goal, the teddy bears rained down. Then a very large fight broke out, made all the more comedic by the presence of The Grinch lurking in the background.
Behold, a video that may as well be a deleted scene from a Slapshot movie.
A truly unique edition of The Beautiful Game, as the Ottawa 67's and the Barrie Colts get into a kerfuffle in the middle of the Teddy Bear Toss. pic.twitter.com/2zXj2a1QQc
Nothing shouts hockey like a line brawl siloutted by stuffed animals falling from the sky. What a beautiful sport.
The visiting Colts would ultimately defeat the 67s, 2-1.
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.
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