HIHF teddy bear toss

The last time the NHL locked itself out, I almost stopped watching for good. You’d think I’d have a similar reaction to the lockout going on right now, and that I’d get really into golf and just pretend they’re having long-distance shootouts on a tiny open net, but I’m not, and I won’t. The lack of Caps games is sending to places like the SPHL (for goalie fights) and to Hungary, where the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation organized a teddy bear toss for charity, and fans threw over 4,000 bears onto the ice. I’ll just pretend this is happening in the Verizon Center and try to be a little less depressed today.

For more, here’s the YouTube description:

A magyar-horvát meccs végén tradíciót követve be lehetett dobni plüss állatokat, amelyek gyermekkórházaknak lesznek odaajándékozva

I don’t know what that says, but I think somebody on the team is a vegan.

Here’s the toss:

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