The owners of an Indianapolis hockey team will donate money to two nonprofits to salvage some good from a charity contest that went awry Saturday night at Pepsi Coliseum.
The Indiana Ice also want to recognize the lucky fan, identified as Richard Marsh, who hit the 3-inch-diameter puck an estimated 175 feet into a target slightly more than 3 inches wide.
Marsh was plucked from the stands during the special "Hockey for Heart" promotion of St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana. He went onto the ice, took a hockey stick and struck the puck nearly the length of the rink, through the small hole in the target and into the net. The crowd of 4,500 went wild.
However, the United States Hockey League said an unidentified private insurance company voided the award because Marsh stood in front of the designated starting line -- too close to the target, in other words -- disqualifying him from the prize.
Mark it a fucking zero, Donnie. This isn't 'Nam, this is hockey, we have fucking rules. So mark it a fuckin zero.
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