OHL Kitchener Rangers

15th Annual Rangers Teddy Bear Toss A Huge Success

Published on December 9, 2009 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


The Kitchener Rangers and the community came together on December 8th for the 15th Annual Teddy Bear Toss. A record 6,831 teddy bears were collected and are currently being distributed to our community.

Jason Akeson was the first Rangers player to score the teddy bear goal two years in-a-row!

This year's event was presented by our local Zellers stores in support of Cystic Fibrosis and a number of other area charitable organizations.

Thank you for taking the teddy bear challenge Rangers fans. In the past 15 years we have collected an amazing 68,043 bears!

Past teddy bear goal scorers and bears collected:

1995-96- PAUL TRAYNOR (1,452)

1996-97- DARCY HARRIS (2,092)

1997-98- JEFF AMBROSIO (2,100)

1998-99- SERGE PAYER (3,896)

1999-00- MIKE MAZZUCA (4,265)

2000-01- STEVE EMINGER (4,305)

2001-02- JEFF SZWEZ (4,607)

2002-03- EVAN MCGRATH (5,051)

2003-04- JESSE BOUCHER (5,069)

2004-05- MIKE DUCO (5,096)

2005-06- YVES BASTIEN (5,472)

2006-07- KEVIN HENDERSON (5,666)

2007-08- JUSTIN AZEVEDO (6,013)

2008-09-JASON AKESON (6,528)

2009-10- JASON AKESON (6,831)

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