HERSHEY, PA – Bears d-man Erik Burgdoerfer, who scored the teddy bear toss goal, looks at a pile of teddy bears on Giant Center’s ice. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
It was a record setting night as the Hershey Bears took on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Bears fans collected 18,115 plush animals to help benefit local charities.
Bears defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer found the back of the net for the Chocolate and White, setting off the throwing of the stuffed animals. “I’ve never scored one of those before,” Bugdoerfer said. “It was good to get it out of the way in the first period.”