Time for the Teddy Bear Toss

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Published on Thursday, November 5, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

It’ll be raining bears at the Yellowhead Centre on Saturday,  Nov. 7, as the Neepawa Natives are holding a Teddy Bear Toss.

The event has become an annual tradition for many junior hockey clubs across the country and involves fans throwing stuffed animals from the stands. The toys will then be collected and distributed to a local charitable organization.

The teddy bear toss is also part of a free admission to the community game, that’s being sponsored by F. Kozak and Sons and C & C Rentals, a division of Jacobson & Greiner Group of Companies. 

There will  be no cost for admission and several special giveaways and prizes handed out throughout the game. 

Fans are also encouraged to bring a teddy bear or other type of stuffed animal to the contest and toss it on the ice after Neepawa’s first goal. The Nov. 7 game against the Dauphin Kings begins at 7:30 pm.