29th annual Teddy Bear Toss game has Calgary Hitmen excited [Video]

It’s a busy weekend for the Calgary Hitmen.

They’re at home to Edmonton on Friday night, on the road in Medicine Hat on Saturday and then back home on Sunday to face the Moose Jaw Warriors in the annual Teddy Bear Toss game.

This is the 29th year for the Teddy Bear Toss game in Calgary.

For players, this is a game they mark on the calendar; there’s nothing like watching the fur fly.

“I’m going to go to the hospital and hand them out, so I’m really looking forward to that,” said Carson Wetsch, Hitmen captain.

“But the overall game, it’s something special. I mean, scoring that first goal and getting to see the teddy bears fly on the ice, it’s something really special.”

For the past two years, London Hoilett was the player who scored the teddy bear goal.

With him traded, another player has the opportunity to do that, and Wetsch says he wouldn’t mind …