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.
Bourque always got plenty of speed on his shot, but what really set him apart was his tremendous accuracy. For instance, Bourque would often blast slap shots from deep in his own end at the other net.
He was not trying to score but help give his team a chance to make a line change from a shorter distance to the bench. Most coaches wouldn't want their players taking any shot from beyond the red line, for fear of incurring an icing violation. But Bourque was just uncanny in his ability to get the puck on goal from great distances, so none of his coaches minded. Hull arguably had the most accurate shot in league history.
He had a While his wrist shot from the slot was deadly, he had a fearsome slapper that found the slimmest of openings. He didn't fire a lot of long slappers—mostly just one-timers from the slot area. And, man, did they find the net quick. Here is a YouTube clip of what we're talking about.
Ovechkin has occasionally surpassed the mph mark, which puts him in elite company. But, as has been described previously on this list, Ovechkin warrants inclusion because of his tremendous accuracy. He is so well-known for it that they made a commercial about it. He has scored on countless one-timers from the left circle on the power play, along with many coming down the right side.
He is one of the few NHL players who still finds the back of the net occasionally on big windup slappers down the wall. Ovechkin gets such great torque on his shots. His slappers start low to the ice and just keep rising. He's an expert at putting pucks past a goalie's glove hand, where there is more room to shoot at. Here is a montage of some of Ovechkin's best slappers. He was known as The Wild Thing, mostly for his eccentric ways, but also because of his otherworldly slap shot.
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Mike Bossy simply enough was one of the best shooters in NHL history. More well known for a great wrist and snap shot, he also had a slap shot that was second to none. He was chosen by PuckPassion. Nine times in an all too short year career Mike Bossy scored more than 50 goals in a season. He scored 17 goals in the playoffs in three of the four New York Islander Cup winning runs.
He won the Conn Smythe trophy in as the Islanders won their third of four consecutive Stanley Cups. Bossy was less inclined to just blast the puck past you, but he could certainly do it if he had to. Rick Martin No. Martin had a terrific slap shot which he used to score with abandon. Martin had 44 goals as a rookie then a league record for the Buffalo Sabres. He scored 52 goals in a season twice and had more than 40 goals five times in his injury shortened year NHL career.
Andy Bathgate was one of the greatest New York Rangers of all time. This on a Ranger team that finished fifth and missed the playoffs. Bathgate had a great slap-shot that he used to effect. Yvan Cournoyer was a smaller man than a lot of the players who have had hard NHL slap shots. At 5'7" and lbs. One of the fastest men ever to strap on skates, Cournoyer had a great slap shot: hard and accurate. A power-play specialist early in his career, Cournoyer would often unleash that big slapshot from the point.
On occasion a shot blocker would go down writhing in pain after being hit by that Cournoyer shot. Cournoyer would pick the puck up again and put a second slap shot past the goalie. Jason Arnott is another of a bevy of modern day scorers who can crank a MPH slap shot with a carbon fibre stick.
Ask Rod Pelley. You don't want to be hit with it. He was a smooth skater, but it was his booming point shot that fueled his offensive numbers. Even late in the career he was able to put this admittedly soft goal past Alan Chevrier from center ice. Scoring 50 goals in a season using the slap shot as a primary weapon couldn't help but spread it through the league.
The big 6'2", lbs. During a game, Sheldon Souray seems to have the most terrifyingly hard shot in hockey. His numbers at skills competitions never seem to back up that impression. Most of the fear generated from a Souray slapper may come from the fact that in the words of the immortal Crash Davis, "I don't know where it's going to go, heheh, I really don't.
If I've rated Souray too high, it's because of the fear factor generated by watching his slap shot whip past player's faces as they stand in front of the net. The erratic nature of the shot might mean it's the most dangerous slap shot in hockey even if it isn't the hardest. Hulking power forward John Leclair 6'3", lbs. Born in St Albans, Vermont, John had a shot that allowed him to score 50 goals in a season three times. He was trigger man and playmaker on the Philadelphia Flyers famed Legion of Doom line in the s.
That one year he lost the fastest slap shot competition to MacInnis by. Fredrik Modin has just retired from the NHL.
The toll of injuries had proven too much to overcome at his age. Never a good skater, the big man had an incredible slapshot. He recorded a career best Jacques Lemaire practiced his shot as a boy by playing with a heavy steel puck he made himself. He was famous for goals he scored from beyond the blue line. The video above shows in putting a shot through Tony Esposito in the Stanley Cup finals that eventually leads to a goal.
In game seven of the Stanley Cup finals he scored a goal from just past center ice on future Hall of Fame goaltender Esposito that started a comeback for the Canadiens. Lemaire was known for his responsible defensive play as much as for his offense, but his slap shot gave him an offensive weapon that not many other players have. Adrian Aucoin is a veteran defenseman who has had one of the fastest recorded slap shots on competition with an Adrian had a consistent MPH slap shot for most of his career while using a wooden stick.
Brett Hull, the son of Bobby and nephew of Dennis, is the third Hull to make my list of the top 25 hardest slap shots of all time. Brett was another player like Mike Bossy who did nothing but score goals all the time. He had a better slap shot than Bossy and could always get open. Brett Hull was dangerous from anywhere inside the blueline. That slap shot was fierce. It seems almost unfair that a man with his speed and moves could also consistently uncork a plus MPH slap shot.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have planned their future around their first overall draft pick Steven Stamkos. Stamkos came into the league with a full set of NHL ready skills.
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