Two Minnesotans accept arcade's hockey challenge, win motorcycles

The Mall of America saw a new arcade open last week, and it’s already made a few customers incredibly happy.

Dubbed “an arcade on steroids,” Smaaash features What The Puck, a hockey game where customers take shots on a robotic goaltender. Chief Executive Keshav Baljee presented a challenge to all comers last week before the opening, saying that anyone who made five consecutive shots would win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

So of course within a few hours of Smaaash opening up in the “State of Hockey” two customers, both former hockey players, made five in a row and won a 2016 Harley-Davidson Street XG500, valued at nearly $7,000.

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According to the Star Tribune, since 2012 in the six arcades the same company has opened in India, only five players successfully nailed the five shots in a row to win motorcycles.

After Baljee and Smaaash quickly learned that valuable lesson, the arcade changed the prize for winners from motorcycles to $100 gift cards. Talk about a downgrade. A similar soccer game also in that Smaaash location is still offering Harleys for those who can make five straight against a robotic keeper, however.

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Sean Leahy is the associate editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Sean_Leahy