Lucky-shot twin could lose 50K prize

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And here's the shot of the night. The goal was to get a hockey puck through a tiny slot from center ice, 89 feet into a three-and-a-half-inch opening. That's Nate Smith with his hockey stick. His twin brother , Nick , was supposed to take the shot but couldn't get there. Nick entered the raffle. Nick 's ticket was chosen. His twin brother , Nate , didn't have time to overthink it, he just stepped up, took the shot and scored, winning $50,000. Because they're twins, everybody thought it was his brother, Nick , till the boys' dad came forward for the sake of a lesson in truth. Organizers are now debating if he should still get the money even though he was a stand-in for

Lucky-shot twin could lose 50K prize

Nate Smith made news and won $50,000 for making an impossible hockey shot in a charity fundraiser. But the 11-year-old now stands to lose the prize, after his father revealed that Nate was posing as his twin brother Nick when he made the shot. Brian Williams reports.

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