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A $50,000 prize a Minnesota boy won after making an astonishing hockey shot may be forfeited after the boy’s father admitted it was really his son’s twin brother that was supposed to take the shot. Pat Smith came forward the next day after the charity hockey event and told organizers that while his son Nick’s name was written on the winning raffle ticket, it was really his son Nate that took the shot because his brother was outside when his name was drawn. Nate took to the ice at the Thursday event in Faribult and hit the 3-inch puck into a 3 1/2-inch slot in the goal from center ice. Odds on Promotions, the insurance carrier for the event, has not indicated whether the $50,000 prize will be paid for the shot. “I just felt I had to do the right thing,” Pat Smith said. “I just think that honesty is more important than any prize or money you could get.”