Talk:Teddy bear toss

Did the Kitchener Rangers really originate the Teddy bear toss?
I don't know the facts, but I just got home from a Kamloops Blazers hockey game (the Blazers lost to the Moose Jaw Warriors in shootout) where there was a Teddy bear toss. An announcer claimed that the custom originated in Kamloops. When I checked it out on the web, I noted that a local newspaper billed tonite as the nineteenth annual event, while the Rangers upcoming event is billed (on their web site) as their eighteenth annual event. In some other search results, i noted that the Kamloops Blazers web site claimed custom began in the 1993-94 season, which would corroborate to some extent the claim of a nineteen year recurring event. The claim that this custom originated in Kitchener is, at least in my mind, disputed.

50.66.92.119 (talk) 07:19, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Kamloops Daily News

Blazerhockey.com

Blazerhockey.com

kitchenerrangers.com

Looks like it happened in Turkey
https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1630255933153501185?s=20 2604:3D09:779:E800:E1BE:2F45:7FD1:E547 (talk) 17:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The full BBC article is here. Will update later today. Flibirigit (talk) 18:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC)