First-Ever Hardest Shot Competition (1990) | NHL All-Star Weekend

Watch as Al MacInnis, Cam Neely, Brett Hull, Stephane Richer, Mike Gartner, Chris Chelios, Doug Wilson, Rich Tocchet and Al Iafrate compete in the first-ever hardest shot contest at the 1990 NHL All-Star Skills Competition
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[@PUDINHED]

Iafrate showing us what player interviews were like in the days before rookie media communication training.

[@Sens23Bruins]

Love how they all have the exact same haircut

[@islatalviharju3709]

hockey hair. We have all been there.

[@ronniejamesdio3929]

Barry Melrose rules🤘

[@marcdemell5976]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@MMGJ10]

Damn I miss those days. Great to see the old videos

[@Nay-kp6uu]

Back when you could advertise Marlboros right on the scoreboard

[@thepeddle]

Mullet mandatory! I remember watching this as a kid.. Great memories! If these guys had the sticks today...120

[@justinchapo5691]

Blues fans be like "What is that Brett Hull guy doing on the ice , i thought he was just a crazy drunk fan " lol

[@CujoHyer]

Drunk as Hull.

[@StuMarston]

Don't say Go Blues. We went. Hic.

[@ryansanders713]

You’re a puss

[@NotMissingLink]

Al MacInnis taking mental notes. “I won’t let this happen again”

[@rkooutanowhere7335]

Been on the ice with Bourque and Iafrate in a charity game and Al let a slap shot go. He hit the post and all we seen was a blur

[@user-ri2yh1ce7y]

Best years of hockey - some of the best years of my life too - All these names in this competition were household names in my house every winter

[@agbleif654]

So weird to see this from the 90s vs 2020

[@peterl-s969]

“He HiT tO mUcH iCe”

[@aleks360]

Well they used wooden sticks and that thing doesnt flex like your composite stick

[@karlaogorman858]

I liked this one

[@APV878]

So nice to remember the good ol days when arenas weren't blasting music every other second. Oh no, 3 seconds of no sound, we can't have that....Also: 13 year old Zdeno Chara watching, thinking "I will break you"....

[@Yokes27]

2:45 And with the sticks from the last 15 years or so you want to do the opposite and hit the ice in front of the puck to create a whip action.

[@Buffalosabskis]

Yokes27 I think you mean behind the puck haha. So the stick can flex and slingshot it. Some players still use this method talked about in the vid. A few players still use wood sticks. Chara has a very high flex. Meaning it’s harder to bend and he just smacks the puck fairly close to it. Other people like Kessel and Ovechkin have low flexes and let the stick do all the work

[@Yokes27]

@@Buffalosabskis yes well depends on how you read it. Im pretty sure paul stastny was the last to use a wooden stick like 10 years ago. The stiffer the better for wrist shots comes off the stick quicker.

[@Buffalosabskis]

Yokes27 Players still Composite sticks now. Plus lots use wood

[@jproc69]

@@Buffalosabskis whoever told you ovechkin uses a low flex is a liar. Ovechkin uses a 105 flex which is one of the highest offered

[@Buffalosabskis]

@@jproc69 100 is about the lowest you will see an NHL player use. That's what everyone used when I was in high-school. I had a 120 flex in college. 105 is low for a guy over 200lbs

[@LTJ4CK]

Good ol' time

[@loumac2955]

I was there. It was the first time that the NHL All-Star game featured the skills competition. Mario Lemieux would dominate the actual game the following afternoon at the old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. That was in February of 1990 and the All-Star game hasn't returned to Pittsburgh since. I would say it's overdue. Lets Go Pens!

[@samuelattias5407]

Everything for All

[@mr.roboto209]

I wonder what the first "fastest skater" looked 🤔

[@EPiche09]

Sweet.

[@martavismiles776]

1990 i wasn't even here yet 😂

[@CujoHyer]

The world doesn't revolve around you. Imagine that.

[@111highgh]

I was 10.

[@corbinstevens1683]

The NHL should do all wood sticks for hardest snapshot competition since players are stronger and better in shape in today's times

[@charlieb308]

Human highlight film

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

WOW AS A DEVILS FAN THERE THEY WERE SOON TO BE MULLER FOR RICHER...

[@BB-rh2ml]

Looks like the low / ice level shots were the fastest.

[@duckattak]

We’re the fans on timeout ? So quiet and empty haha

[@nottoday7377]

Maybe a practice round eh boys?

[@tomatosoup4793]

I play at the rink that al macinnis played at

[@walshyhockey6970]

Nice!

[@walshcinema6934]

Are you COLTON WALSH 87!!!!

[@walshyhockey6970]

Ya🤙

[@111highgh]

Empty net goals are for losers. -Al Iafrate.

[@MaloonAndBa]

Jets are the best

[@walshyhockey6970]

Low cheese missy

[@walshyhockey6970]

I don’t know

[@walshyhockey6970]

Go top corns Sneezy

[@masonbendrien142]

Colton Walsh 87 what are these comments 😂

[@TheBlueyes512]

LETS GO BLUES

[@macinnisss]

LGB

[@lonkylaine]

Cam Neely Boston Bruins jersey = Happy Gilmore Boston Bruins jersey.

[@christophermulligan3258]

Damn that was boring

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

BRING BACK CCM JERSEYS!!! AT MOST WITH CUSTOMIZATION $150-$200. OOPS NHL WILL LOSE MONEY

[@hky.evan2240]

I was born in 2009 lol

[@phroggie7626]

EM Productions 2019

[@hky.evan2240]

Coronavirus please don’t infect me 😵😵😵😵

[@phroggie7626]

EM Productions Gottem

[@hky.evan2240]

Coronavirus lol

[@samuelattias3805]

Detroit 1990s

[@walshyhockey6970]

Ther dusters

[@HockeyHornsUK]

500th like😌😌

[@dylanward8497]

I actually don’t know the guy who won

[@davidblight3567]

Fastest shot not hardest

[@burntpato9760]

A fast shot is a hard shot

[@charlieb308]

David Blight Doug Wilson had such a fast and hard shot it took a finger tip off Paul Cavallini

[@chrispybacon1288]

First

[@walshcinema6934]

Chrispy Bacon cool

[@walshcinema6934]

They where going low cheese missy

[@walshcinema6934]

There shots where trash

[@walshcinema6934]

Yep

[@PUDINHED]

Just like your grammar, stay in school kid.

[@lanedouglas6690]

Don't speak of things that happened before you were even born kid. Those guys were real hockey players. THEIR hard work paved the way for the "game" you see today.

[@clipzer5005]

@@walshyhockey6970 my guy they did it with a fuckin wooden stick