For the second time this season, there was a winner of the Paul Bunyan Communications Hockey Hot Shots Promotion during a Grand Rapids Boys Thunderhawks home hockey game!
Ben Solem made his shot at center ice at the Thunderhawks game Tuesday, January 14 against Cloquet during a period intermission. Ben is 11, a 6th grader at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, and a pee wee hockey player for Grand Rapids Youth Hockey.
“I’ve grown up watching the Thunderhawks and always wanted to give Hockey Hot Shots a try. I was just excited to get chosen to shoot, to win was awesome! I’m pumped to get my own big screen TV.” said Solem.
“We’ve been sponsoring the contest since 2012 and it is a lot of fun to see someone make that shot. You only get one chance, you’re in front of a crowd, and you are shooting for the small opening from center ice. It’s not easy but Ben beat the odds and gets to pick out his new Smart HDTV! ” said Brian Bissonette, Paul Bunyan Communications Marketing Supervisor.
The Paul Bunyan Communications Hockey Hot Shots contest is held during an intermission at each Grand Rapids Boys Hockey home games. Three contestants are selected at random to participate each night. All contestants receive a coupon for a free PBTV On Demand movie rental, any contestant hitting the board receives a Paul Bunyan Communications Box of Northland Tackle, and a contestant who puts the puck in the net through the middle of the Hockey Hot Shots board wins up to a 70” Smart HDTV.