Proof that it is indeed the season of miracles...A 59-year-old lady who had never held an ice hockey stick in her life pulled off an incredible shot to win a £32,000 truck.
Brenda Hewett was attending a lower-league ice hockey match in her home town of Massena, New York, when she was persuaded to take part in the traditional half-time entertainment in which fans must hit a puck into a tiny hole scarcely bigger than the puck itself.
Much against her better judgement, Brenda was persuaded to be the first of the five fans that night to have a go at the length-of-the-rink shot.
"Oh god, I don't wanna be first, I'm going to look foolish," she said - but ended up looking anything but as she calmly knocked the puck clean through the tiny gap.
The crowd roared, the players came onto the ice to congratulate the unlikely heroine, and Brenda got to drive away in a brand-new Ford F150 4x4 truck courtesy of Frenchie's Ford in Massena.
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