Almost as exciting as the hockey itself is the Princeton Posse’s home game puck toss.
In recent weeks, with the prize pot exceeding $1,700, the puck toss has taken on a competitive life of its own.
“I don’t know how you win this,” said team general manager Mark McNaughton, admitting he’s never personally tossed a puck.
“It really comes down to luck.”
Two hundred pucks, each numbered, are available for sale at every home game, $5 for three.
The pucks are now selling out 90 minutes before game time, with many fans arriving early to buy pucks, and some purchasing dozens.
During the second intermission, a container with a small hole at the top is placed at centre ice, and fans in the stands throw their pucks, trying to net a winner.
Some gamblers take their pucks and hide them outside the arena so they are cold, and theoretically less likely to bounce on the ice.
Others believe a clever bounce is the only way to win
Last season the puck toss was won twice, but so far this year victory is elusive.
Every game, the prize amount increases.
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