As much as the NHL tries to hype the rest of the
SuperSkills competitions the highlight of the night and even All-Star weekend
is the Hardest Shot competition. This
event is the one where everyone in the building holds their breath before each
attempt just waiting for the radar to give them a reading.
This year the final matched Nashville Predator Shea
Weber against the Boston Bruins three-time defending champion Zdeno Chara. These two met in the preliminary round and
Weber came out with the victory having blasted a shot 104.8 mph. In the rematch it would Chara not only
picking up the two points for Team Staal, but on his first attempt he would
break his own record with a rocket of 105.9 mph. The win marked Chara’s fourth straight title
in the event, which matches Al MacInnis
You watch this competition and you wonder not only how crazy goalies have to be to sign up for this, but forwards and defenders who throw their body in the way of these blasts.
