Fans toss teddy bears on ice at AHL game, produce hypnotizing images

Sellout crowd in Bakersfield donate more than 10,000 stuffed animals after second-period goal

By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

November 27, 2017

Brad Malone and the Bakersfield Condors created an incredible image while making history for a good cause Sunday.

The forward scored the first goal for the Edmonton Oilers American Hockey League affiliate, leading to a hypnotizing image after the sellout crowd flooded the ice with 10,549 teddy bears.

Teddy Bear Toss from inside the net? Teddy Bear Toss from inside the net!

Thanks @Bmalone22! 🐻🐻🐻 pic.twitter.com/WfPxtRMLkg
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) November 26, 2017

Brad Malone with the @Condors goal that sent thousands of teddy bears flying! @23ABCNews pic.twitter.com/CS6owr7VKc
— Stephen Hicks (@StephenHicksTV) November 26, 2017

The puck hits the net, the crowd goes wild, and the bears start flying! We were proud to sponsor last night's @Condors Teddy Bear Toss game. Thousands of stuffed animals were tossed onto the ice for @UnitedWayofKern following the first Condors goal. pic.twitter.com/jXo2MfcN5L
— Three-Way Chevrolet Cadillac (@3WayChevyCad) November 26, 2017

Bakersfield has hosted the teddy-bear toss for 19 years, starting with Condors of the West Coast Hockey League in 1999, and have collected more than 121,000 stuffed animals to donate to local charities since.
Sunday was the first time the Condors surpassed 10,000 teddy bears on the ice, and Malone posed with the bears just to show how overwhelming that many stuffed animals can look.

Where’d Bugsy go? 🐻🐻🐻 pic.twitter.com/m4QHSKmo6I
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) November 27, 2017

Besides a flood of fur on the ice, Malone's goal also started an avalanche of goals for Bakersfield, who defeated San Antonio 7-3.

Fans toss teddy bears on ice at AHL game, produce hypnotizing images

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