World-Record Sweet Cuddly Mayhem: Images from Hershey Bears’ 2025 Teddy Bear Toss

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!

 

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!

Additional Images

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

About Della Young

Della Young is an aspiring novelist and screenwriter who earned a BFA in Creative Writing from Full Sail University in 2021. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Screenwriting from Regent University and is writing her debut novel. Della comes from a family of big Capitals fans and became inspired to start writing for hockey in 2019. Follow Della on X: @dellayoung

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