2022 NHL All-Star Skills Competition: Hardest Shot

Watch the FULL Hardest Shot Event in the 2022 NHL Skills Competition, where we pit the favourite heading in, and past winner in Lightning Dman Victor Hedman against public enemy #1, Capitals enforcer and sniper Tom Wilson.

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

In an alternate timeline, Victor Hedman is swinging a battleax on an ancient battlefield and using the skulls of his enemies as trophies and home decor in his viking longhouse.

[@10.11.9]

With a Scandy grind. :)

[@dsjoakim35]

@@10.11.9 A Mora knife and a Gränsfors double bit axe 😁

[@joeyg1463]

And somehow still won a stanley cup

[@mr.christopher79]

ok marv

[@lurven141]

Why does it feel like Tampa are beasts in everything they do? Snyggt jobbat Victor Hedman, äkta viking!

[@cartographer29]

The hardest shot contest needs more Chara and Weber.

[@m00rtin4]

they should be honored members for this competition every year

[@vancouverviking4652]

Unless woke liberal bullshit with his goofy ass people with masks on

[@ojl5055]

@@vancouverviking4652 That literally has nothing to do with this comment?

[@bobber1165]

@@vancouverviking4652 after y'all wondering why we find you guys so annoying

[@AcesWildMMA]

I miss when Chara was laying down 108

[@1madmaxx80]

Chara & Weber competitions were awesome!

[@martinpodmoll623]

And Martin Frk 109.2

[@aidendoig4542]

imagine what those guys could do with the new technology in sticks.

[@1madmaxx80]

@@aidendoig4542 LoL Have you been asleep? Chara is still playing regularly, as was Weber up until last season.

[@aidendoig4542]

@@1madmaxx80 anyone with two braincells knows that. i was saying chara and weber havent done the hardest shot competiton in a few years. they could have easily outdone everyone here.

[@gabegoodmurphy6265]

42 year old Zdeno Chara and Injured Shea Weber would still crack 105 🤣

[@topiheimola69]

Yeah Chára is 44 :D but yeah they definitely would

[@maureenadams4005]

Lmao

[@patatedouce3206]

Shea Weber in the crowd: ''Take my beer''

[@sanjin9665]

I would of loved to see Big Z for his last all star. Happy for Victor 💪🏽

[@dieselayres3547]

Ya I thought they would have had him too, to make it more fun and a sign off how to the hardest shooter ever in the NHL

[@Rehash84]

Would have

[@warshawgameshd3432]

Crazy to think Pettersson's shot from 2 years ago would have gotten second this year, and he might have won this year, seeing as how he beat Hedman that year and it seems they are using special pucks for this event compared to last which may be faster, plus Pettersson having gained weight can only help.

[@dieselayres3547]

I heard that the color of the puck was for it to register easier.

[@honda_3335]

Pettersson would skate up, stick handle back and forth for 5 seconds, lose the puck and then bat it backwards out of the zone

[@wrocha514]

The pucks are heavier supposedly

[@kurumauchiha153]

@@dieselayres3547 why do the players look like cgi from a game when they shoot or move this year

[@dieselayres3547]

@@kurumauchiha153 lol not sure something to think about thou

[@tomwilson3969]

Should just have the hardest shooter from each team

[@harellzi]

That would take a while

[@tomwilson3969]

@@harellzi Each team could nominate somebody and they send in their hardest shots or fastest times around the rink and narrow it down to 10. Something like that. I just think the most skilled guys at each skill should be participating in those competitions giving the NHL an opportunity to create more stars some people would otherwise never know who they were

[@HeyZeus096]

@@tomwilson3969 Agreed. I would love to see teams do their own all-star competition, and then the winners of those do the challenges for the ASG. Then the people who actually PLAY in the ASG are the people picked to play the ASG the way they normally are.

[@tomwilson3969]

@@HeyZeus096 Exactly. The Allstar game is for the guys playing the best that year but skills comp should be for the guys with that skill.

[@AcesWildMMA]

Thanks for posting this!

[@floridamanknives]

As a Lightning fan I couldn’t be happier seeing Hedman win!!

[@tylerdubbin3316]

Thank you for not putting terrible music over this fun competition

[@practicalguy973]

I like the Pavelski family high five train at 3:11!

[@MHaCLeaf]

Why Timo Meier got put on the hardest shot competition is beyond me. He'd be a more suitable candidate for the fastest skater.

[@topiheimola69]

He did very well though didn't he? Even though both his shots went very high they were still like 96 and 101

[@wisewolftony]

Think he would be best for the accuracy contest seeing how he's a sniper. Not so sure about fastest skater he's more of a power forward who uses his size.

[@babesimmons4017]

Always entertaining to watch!!

[@double.a.fishin1613]

Who would’ve ever thought Wilson would have slap shot that fast and accurate 😮

[@simohayha7301]

Imagine MacInnis in his prime with one of those sticks.

[@GeorgeNorberg]

Best part is that Victor Hedman had Håkan Hellströms "Din tid kommer" song playing. What a banger

[@glenholmgren1218]

Victor Hedman is a BEAST!

[@jericho3161]

Not here though

[@edwardmowton9825]

Hedman didn't even use any of the stick flex.. That was all arm strength.

[@Captndarty]

Amazing with all of the training and technology with the sticks how much quicker and faster the game has become yet the speed of slap shots have just flatlined over the last 20 years.

[@appa609]

not really... Chara hit 108.8 im the last 20 years. We're just waiting for another giant

[@Captndarty]

@@appa609 yes it has. Iafrate hit something like 105 with a wooden stick in the 90’s. Chara’s 108 isn’t that much faster. Poijt is skaters and their stick handing have improve much greater than the overall shot velocity

[@jere3604]

Yeah but its just physics, much harder to go from 105 to 110 than 50 to 70 for example

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Oh look at that. Tom Wilson seems well liked

[@AL-uz8xz]

He is. We love him. Vegas is just bitter he beat their sorry asses

[@maxoman8888]

@@AL-uz8xz no he aint. He's one of the most disliked players in the league.

[@RealYoutube33]

@@AL-uz8xz dirty players in league.

[@realrome]

What a great all star skill last comp, can’t wait for the games tomorrow !!!

[@triplemango101]

Thanks for video

[@Wiensy90]

The commentator keeps saying "they are making contact 3 or 5 inches behind the puck." This is certainly not the case if you watch closely. Often times their blades touch the ice much further away from the puck.. I would say 10-12 inches and even 15 at times. Generally 3-5 inches behind the puck isn't enough room and time for the stick to flex to its capacity and release its energy into the puck like an archers bow pushing an arrow.

[@YAOG]

Look at the reply of Hedman's shot at 4:55 That shot is his hardest shot and still the stick only starts about 3-5 inches behind the puck. But most of them do seem to start further back with the stick on the ice.

[@Wiensy90]

@@YAOG I did notice his contact with the ice started closer than the other players. But I would say it was still 6-8 inches behind the puck. There must be a perfect balance distance where you're getting max flex out of the stick while not creating too much friction in the process.

[@Santi-mj1hl]

@@Wiensy90 the friction is what creates the flex

[@Wiensy90]

@@Santi-mj1hl yes I'm aware you need friction to flex the stick but too much friction will slow things down.

[@greggonsoulin]

@@Wiensy90 It is more a perfect balance of loading the max flex then cradling the puck with the stick before the flex starts to release.

[@LadyAery]

That was closer than I thought!

[@NHLfan11]

Wilson needs more credit gotta love Wilson got his Adrienne going to be his first All Star love Willy!

[@gamers_anonymous]

He was in the wrong competition though, this was Hardest Shot not Hardest Cheapshot

[@NHLfan11]

@@gamers_anonymous see and People like you just make him look bad and don’t help hockey like do you even know hockey

[@gamers_anonymous]

@@NHLfan11 LiKe Do YoU eVeN kNoW hOcKeY

[@NHLfan11]

@@gamers_anonymous ? Dude your the one typing in upper and lowercase

[@erickirchhoff924]

“I know first hand how hard his shot is” I wonder if he knew he was making a pun out of it 😂

[@mary-anneswanson8445]

Was looking forward to seeing Shea Weber(Sicamous boy ) taking it this year or Elias Pettersson (Canucks rule !!)

[@ArgentLost]

What Iafrate and MacInnis would do with today's sticks.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

125

[@10.11.9]

Probably go through the net and dent the end boards.

[@roderickturner4454]

Easliy 120+

[@connorring597]

@@roderickturner4454 no not even close

[@kingirl3901]

We need Parayko to give this a shot. I think he could make this interesting.

[@patdee5239]

"Let the shaft do the work" - that's what she said.

[@glebnegey]

У Хедмана очаровательно скромное выражение лица))

[@sakefc]

What am I seeingggg?? Tom Wilson is an all Star??😵‍💫😂

[@Falllll]

Believe it or not he's actually a very good hockey player.

[@carlosanaya4149]

🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂

[@vedantbhalla2571]

@@Falllll He is. Just crosses the line sometimes

[@Falllll]

@@vedantbhalla2571 yeah between his size, years playing the enforcer and goon for the Caps, and some bad hits he's got a reputation that's tough to shake.

[@vedantbhalla2571]

@@Falllll That’s true, but I feel like he’s cleaning it up. He obviously still plays that hard hitting game but he doesn’t cross the line anymore, at least from what I’ve seen this season. He reminds me of Nazem Kadri, he understands where the boundaries are, and transforms into an amazing player.

[@jeffesundayey3345]

Way to be better than the NHL page

[@ajaxmaintenance5104]

This is giving me bad flashbacks from my goaltending days…😧

[@gollese]

BRA JOBBAT HEDMAN!

[@nsant]

Colton Parako needs to do this

[@Ford69BOSS429]

These guys can blast it. Who wants to go the net when they are shooting? Hardest shot competition is one of the few events that actual resembles hockey. Most the events are just circus carnival stuff.

[@KermitTheAmphibian]

Having Meier in this event and not fastest skater is a big red flag

[@veboonetapsr6812]

I still want to saa how hard laine and petterson would shoot now

[@jordan9164]

It’s not just the same without Weber or Chara.

[@ancientkeyboardwarrior]

So do those light up pucks weigh the same as a normal puck?

[@corbypulju2619]

I would like to see the shots coming as a moving pass.

[@qweebag2488]

One timer challenge

[@nflisrigged1395]

Thx

[@Laughlin83]

That's got to difficult to have to be on Wilson's team and pretending to like him for a couple hours a year.

[@garnetbezanson1404]

By all accounts he is actually a gentleman off the ice.

[@ryanward5770]

@@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 idk Marchand has mostly cleaned up his act and Kadri is actually playing well so hopefully he doesn't get suspended in the first round. Either way I would say Wilson is still worse than either of them at their worst

[@brendan9868]

@@ryanward5770 “Marchand has actually cleaned up his act” Bro he literally got suspended already once this year, tf you talking about? He hasn’t cleaned up his act at all and never will, once a rat always a rat.

[@radboom2760]

@@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 no he’s not

[@radboom2760]

@@brendan9868 he has cleaned up his act, what NHL are you watching buddy?

[@kylemurphy5800]

Put Colton parayko in this and he would put these numbers to shame. He hit a 115 slapper

[@mellofello]

these cameras make this look like a videogame

[@TRUMP4PREZ]

Far cry from the hardest shot in hockey by Martin Frk in 2020 AHL All Star Competition of 109.2

[@user-oi8bt7cw2t]

Отдыхают же люди! Молодцы!

[@user-rw4lf8om1f]

Мы пашем день и ночь...! Только почему то на 1 месте в мире, по количеству праздников!

[@midimusicforever]

Was always going to be Hedman who would win against those guys.

[@OvieSnips8]

All the players look like they want to get out of there and drink

[@LexyThomas134]

Malkin should do this, even opposing goalies have said when he shoots a slap shot at them they never even see it coming haha they're hard to see regardless I'm just saying, even from the blue line it's in the net in a split second lol

[@gerrypellissier9551]

Was that tonight !! I was rearranging my sock drawer and missed it. Maybe next year? Nah

[@user-qz1wj4qf6u]

Ovi, Hara, Weber, Burns!

[@topiheimola69]

@Bryan Holden Hara is a lot closer to the actual pronounciation..

[@9191hockeykid]

What’s the song the arena is playing at 2:39?

[@htd9980]

I love how they boo Tom Wilson

[@tylerstrong4597]

IT WAS LIKE EVERYONE WAS SHOOTING PUCKS LIKE BULLETS

[@ILoveWeed0420]

I liked how in 2020 they had some of the women out there. They should definitely bring that back. See if they can’t beat the guys.

[@som_body]

Add still to this day chars holds the record of 108.8

[@thlee3]

would be cool to see telemetry… like golf, a shot tracer … speed of puck. rpm of puck(idk if thats even a thing in hockey) how fast a skater is flying. we need data!!

[@goranhikl1180]

Is there going to be dunk contest?

[@zcams]

Can almost picture Chara and Weber in the crowd looking over at each other saying. Wanna show them how it’s done

[@kenneththorberg6914]

Yeah isn´t it the never ending story ? Just like the statements from the passengers seat.

[@seancoakley9640]

Excuse me, but Mr. Hedman uses a 122 flex? Wtf lol

[@justinstiepleman1775]

How was that even fair with the size difference. Even a TBL fan can see odds were heavily in our favor here.

[@chrisdisco48]

Timo looks like a young Ray Bourque

[@curbwhiz2010]

The leafs effed up...

[@sunshine_360]

If Weber was there he would have definitely won

[@loltrope3266]

shea weber is still the best in my hearth

[@tjlazer79]

Its easy how they all went over 100 mph. Its the sticks. They can add 5 -10 mph. To me the OG hard shooter was Al McInnis. He may not have had the hardest shot, he always placed around 95-100 mph, he was always at or near the top spot, but it was his accuracy. He could place a hard shot and that's what made him effective. He scored a lot more goals than Zedeno Chara, who can shoot over 100 mph no problem. But at the end of the day, if you have an accurate shot around 95 to 100 mph, that is going to score you more goals. It would be interesting to see how McInnis would do with carbon sticks.

[@Mike-kn6cw]

I was gonna say…stick technology is very clear in this competition

[@Rosin2]

Imagine getting hitted in the tooth when they shot That hard!😰😷🤕

[@danojaktakyony1603]

I wanna see ovi here

[@MMTOofficial]

Hedman can shoot!

[@ericcarlson3574]

Martin Frk shot 109 last year at the AHL all star game....

[@GSJNYC]

Imagine old timers like Al Iafrate Shooting (probably misspelled that lol) I'd they had access to the sticks and equipment these guys use today?

[@STNeish]

Speaking as a goalie, this competition is hard to watch...

[@bobzyurunkel]

Timo Meier looks like a cartoon villain.

[@mikeernsting]

how did tom wilson manage an invite?

[@user-iq3ci2nb3o]

TOM - you're the best!

[@Starclimber]

Have yet to watch a second of this, but wish they could skate in with the puck so they wouldn't have to accelerate it from a dead stop.

[@mcs1981_]

Shea Weber: Hold my beer..

[@topiheimola69]

Zdeno Chara: Hold my Coca Cola

[@vondraczek77]

GO BOLTS!

[@Alexa-ii2zy]

No way😚🐧😚!

[@PerfectRotation]

Chara would have won again. This wasn't an Allstar competition. it was a participation award competition.

[@macrolfing1787]

Hockey players are tough...

[@russell2952]

Whoa. Don't ever do that merry-go-round shot with the camera ever again.

[@ScarecrOmega]

Why are they using pucks with lights, that obviously changes the physics of the puck speed and probably why everyone hit 100+ MPH. If Chara or Weber used those pucks they would have hit 110+ MPH.

[@TotalxTroll25k]

is that Victor Hedman or warowl

[@wiggypop]

martin FRK should be in here

[@user-er8hk7bm6j]

В чем измеряется скорость? В км или в милях?

[@Alexa-ii2zy]

😚🎶😚

[@johnkoho1245]

Do they need to use the stupid light up pucks for every all star competition?

[@scottbirmingham7367]

"great job buddeee!" hedman should have said i aint your buddy chump

[@nickbrenner6459]

Hardest one-T competition

[@Flyhi808]

I’m the most impressed by Wilson honestly. I would’ve guessed he shot low 90’s

[@zaonis4209]

Sportsnet and only 720p? lol

[@EileenDover988]

still lost as to why timo got put in the hardest shot comp instead of the fastest skater comp

[@mikef2813]

Why is Wilson at the All-Star game?

[@Falllll]

Ovechkin tested positive for Covid.

[@mikef2813]

@@Falllll thanks.

[@trumanzerse1169]

Who is the player with the announcers

[@elliot3292]

at the end it's Victor hedman

[@trumanzerse1169]

@@elliot3292 I mean the TV announcers. Sounds like Roberto luongo

[@warshawgameshd3432]

Its Bieksa, teammate of Luongo, heh.

[@danielbye7778]

Why did they boo Wilson? I’m new to nhl, explain

[@petrvaclavek4264]

And.... that is all? I mean even in our Czech hockey league the winner got 172 kph, that's almost 107 mph.

[@mysticflow941]

Send there a Chara please🥇

[@chayilbankey3440]

Tom Wilson should be band form the nhl