Frk is , , and he bested the tallest player in NHL history by 0. Frk told reporters after the event he used a stick with a 70 flex number to take the shot. A hockey stick's flex affects how stiff the stick is; general guides to stick flexes say as a starting point to determine a stick flex they find comfortable, players should divide their weight in lbs.
But even now, he still makes defenders and goalies flinch when he rears back to fire one of his one-timers from the left side on the power play or coming down the wall off the rush. Although he entered Wednesday with only three goals in his first 21 games with Colorado, he could still have value to a potential contender by the trade deadline. His deadly one-timers on the power play are why.
People forget that he averaged Plenty of those goals came off big slap shots. Iginla is a big, powerful guy, so having a big slap shot shouldn't be a surprise. But his mechanics set him apart from other big, powerful guys.
He gets his shooting hand low to the ice and gets a huge amount of torque with his follow-through. With career goals, many from his overwhelming right-handed slap shot, Iginla deserves inclusion in the top While it remains a subject in dispute to this day, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion is generally credited as the father of the slap shot.
In early days of hockey, before the s, slap shots were just not very common. Nobody seems to know exactly why not, but the fact that goalies did not wear masks probably bought them some sympathy from shooters in those days. Geoffrion played in the era when most goalies did not wear masks, but he had no sympathy.
He made the slap shot a staple of his game, especially on the Montreal Canadiens' power play. Geoffrion became one of the first forwards to play one of the two points on the power play, usually alongside defenseman Doug Harvey. He scored so many goals from slappers on the power play that the NHL altered the game partially because of it.
In , the league mandated that a two-minute power play would end should a goal be scored. Prior to that, teams could score as many goals as they wanted in the two minutes, and the powerful Habs teams of that era often scored two, three or four, with Geoffrion's slappers doing much of the damage.
The speed of Geoffrion's slappers were never officially recorded, but any time a player helps change the rules, he deserves mention on a list like this. And plus, the guy's nickname was Boom Boom. All you need to know about how good Ray Bourque's slapper was is to play the YouTube video of the last slap shot goal of his career it's at the mark. In a game, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey, Bourque took a puck at the point off a faceoff, walked in from the blue line a few feet to his left and blasted a heat-seeking missile that kept rising all the way until hitting the back of the net behind Devils goalie Martin Brodeur.
That game-winning goal gave the Avalanche a series lead, and we all know how the series finished, with Bourque raising his first Stanley Cup in the last game of his year career. Mind you, Bourque was a year-old man when he took that shot. But right to the very end, his slap shot was one of the best offensive weapons in the game. Scottie Pippen: "I didn't realize how much Hakeem Olajuwon had diminished in the game.
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Before Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers can return Sunday to face the Seahawks at Lambeau Field, he will need to "check out well" with team doctors. Zdeno Chara took the slapshot to the next level, currently holding the NHL record for the hardest shot ever hit at When Chara is set up at the blue line in the offensive zone, defenses know that you can't give him the time and space or he'll tee one up. Chara has great size and strength that few can match when it comes to blasting a shot, but the fact that so many players have an effective slap shot today shows the importance of improving technique.
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