By now, you've probably seen the story of the kid in Minnesota who switched places with his twin brother at the hockey rink and made an incredible 90 foot shot for $50,000. Should they give the kid the money? He made a heckuva shot.
Should they keep the money? All of it? Some of it? Do they get a break because they are twins- interchangeable? What about the others who bought a ticket? Would it be OK if their name was drawn but had Alexander Ovechkin shoot for them...?
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Nate Smith made all the sports highlight reels and won $50,000 for making an impossible hockey shot in a chairty fundraiser. But the 11-year-old hockey fan now stands to lose the bonanza because of his father's honesty. Nate was posing as his twin brother Nick when he made the shot.
Pat Smith, the twins' father, purchased three raffle tickets at the Shattuck – St. Mary's school hockey game for a chance for one of his kids to make an unforgettable shot across the ice and win $50,000.
"We thought we'd go to the fundraiser and support those guys, nothing else. So I went over to purchase a few tickets with Nate, who was with me," Pat Smith said.
When asked by his dad if he should put Nate's name on the tickets, Nate declined, saying with a cast on his arm recently removed, Nick had a better chance of scoring a winning goal.
The family didn't expect that Nick's ticket would be drawn, so Nick headed outside shortly before halftime. Nevertheless, he told Nate to take the money shot if his raffle ticket was drawn.
Nate took to the ice in his twin brother's place and in a play which had the entire arena on its feet, effortlessly swung his hockey stick to hit the goal in the $50,000 shot. "I was shocked . . . I couldn't believe it," said Nate.