The saying goes something like, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. Well, Brenda Hewlett may not be blind (or a squirrel), but she is a 59-year-old woman who has never held a hockey stick in her life. And she just won a new truck by shooting a hockey puck through a tiny hole from 114 feet away. Oh, and her old truck was failing, so she really needed it.
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Hi folks this is Scott Coupal General Manager here at Frenchie’s Ford Inc. I gotta tell you I’ve seen some cool things in my life, but friday night took the grand prize, Mrs. Brenda Hewlett 59 years old won a chance to be one of 5 people to shoot the puck to win a brand new 2011 Ford F150 4×4, Brenda had been in t…he dealership on friday morning to get some service work done to her old truck, & had said “god I wish I could afford a new truck mine is falling apart†Joe Jock my service manager said “here fill out this ballot & win one†both started laughing.
It’s a one in a Gazzilion shot from 114 feet away, the opening is almost the exact size of a regulation size hockey puck. Mrs. Hewlett has never even held a hockey stick in her entire life let alone ever shot a puck. The finalists were all on the ice after I drove the new truck onto the ice, I had friends in the back of the truck throwing frisbee’s into the crowd. After a lap around the arena, I gathered the contestants at the far blue line, I yelled out ladies first , Mrs. Hewlett said “Oh god I don‘t wanna be first I’m going to look foolish†She put a helmet on grabbed the stick I walked up next to her & said “Let It Go & Believeâ€
Well the whole arena must have believed & the Christmas angels were upon her. She pulled back the puck in akward [sic] stance Mrs Hewlett is only about 5′3 (the stick was way too big) and she let it fly, I myself & the crowd didn’t even think there was enough steam on the puck to even make it to the target, after it passed the second blue line .. I yelled out .. OH ..OH .. the crowd started going absolutely
.. the puck then decided to get some wheels, feet, legs whatever you wanna call it & went straight into the hole, with speed I might add. Needless to say the arena EXPLODED !!
[video=youtube;ccZqU8rJjTs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ccZqU8rJjTs[/video]
Hi folks this is Scott Coupal General Manager here at Frenchie’s Ford Inc. I gotta tell you I’ve seen some cool things in my life, but friday night took the grand prize, Mrs. Brenda Hewlett 59 years old won a chance to be one of 5 people to shoot the puck to win a brand new 2011 Ford F150 4×4, Brenda had been in t…he dealership on friday morning to get some service work done to her old truck, & had said “god I wish I could afford a new truck mine is falling apart†Joe Jock my service manager said “here fill out this ballot & win one†both started laughing.
It’s a one in a Gazzilion shot from 114 feet away, the opening is almost the exact size of a regulation size hockey puck. Mrs. Hewlett has never even held a hockey stick in her entire life let alone ever shot a puck. The finalists were all on the ice after I drove the new truck onto the ice, I had friends in the back of the truck throwing frisbee’s into the crowd. After a lap around the arena, I gathered the contestants at the far blue line, I yelled out ladies first , Mrs. Hewlett said “Oh god I don‘t wanna be first I’m going to look foolish†She put a helmet on grabbed the stick I walked up next to her & said “Let It Go & Believeâ€
Well the whole arena must have believed & the Christmas angels were upon her. She pulled back the puck in akward [sic] stance Mrs Hewlett is only about 5′3 (the stick was way too big) and she let it fly, I myself & the crowd didn’t even think there was enough steam on the puck to even make it to the target, after it passed the second blue line .. I yelled out .. OH ..OH .. the crowd started going absolutely
.. the puck then decided to get some wheels, feet, legs whatever you wanna call it & went straight into the hole, with speed I might add. Needless to say the arena EXPLODED !!
