It took 37 minutes for seven trucks and vans to collect all of the stuffed animals thrown onto the ice in Calgary for a Calgary Hitmen game in the Western Hockey League on Sunday afternoon.

When they were finally tallied, the number of stuffed animals was set at a record 28,815 — more than one for the sellout crowd of 19,289 fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

The stuffed animals were Christmas gifts for 50 local children’s charities.

The team has hailed this year’s tally as a world record for teddy bear tossing.

Their previous record was 26,919, set back at the Saddledome in 2007.

To make things even better, the Hitmen defeated the Swift Current Broncos 2-1 in a shootout.

Since the teddy bear tossing began 20 years ago, the Hitmen have collected almost 300,000 stuffed toys for charity.