FULL Hardest Shot Competition | 2024 NHL All-Star Skills

FULL Hardest Shot Competition | 2024 NHL All-Star Skills

THE TIME IS RIGHT. >> Chris: ONLY FOUR FORWARDS HAVE WON IN 27 YEARS AND YET WE HAVE FOUR FORWARDS IN THIS COMPETITION. FIVE FORWARDS >> Craig: WE ONLY HAVE TWO DEFENCEMEN IN THIS 12, SO THEY’RE NOT WELL REPRESENTED IN THAT, BUT THE HOMETOWOWN FLAVOU

HERE TO START WITH MATTHEWS GOING FIRST. >> Chris: 91.43 IS HIS HARDEST SHOT THIS YEAR IN COMPETITION. AND FIRST UP AT 90.73. AND NOT MUCH CONCERN ABOUT HOW HARD HE SHOOTS IT, THE QUESTION IN TORONTO WILL BE, CAN HE SCORE 30 IN HIS LAST 35. >> Craig: YEAH.

IT WILL BE THE 60 AND THEN 70 WATCH, WOULDN’T IT? >> Chris: SECOND SHOT, HE UPS THE ANTE, UP TO 96.2. >> Craig: ONE THING TO NOTICE THERE WHERE THAT PUCK WENT. THE FIRST ONE WAS ALMOST ALONG THE ICE AND THAT OFTEN DOESN’T

GET THE SAME KIND OF A READING AND TEMPO IN IT. THAT WAS ABOUT PERFECT. ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF RIGHT INTO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE NET. AND P IF YOU WATCHED THE SHOTS HISTORICALLY, THOSE — THAT’S THE AREA WHERE IT SEEMS TO GENERATE THE MOST VELOCITY.

THAT’S A GOOD N NUMBER TO POST R THE FIRST ONE SFOO — >> Chris: HERE’S CALE MAKAR IN HIS NEXT EVENT. THERE’S A GOOD ONE. SOME WERE WONDERING IF WE GET TRIPLE DIGITS THIS YEAR >> Craig: THERE’S YOUR DEFENCEMAN, HE WALKED INTO THAT

ONE AND THAT PLACEMENT OF THE SHOT WAS PERFECT. A FOOT AND A HALF OFF THE ICE. >> Chris: CAN HE BETTER IT? 101.4. BUT 102.5 MAY BE A TOUGH ONE TO BEAT TONIGHT >> Craig: SO THE AVALANCHE DEFENSIVE PARTY RIGHT NOW THAT THEY’RE HAVING.

THEY’RE CHEERING HERE AS MAKAR JUST ABSOLUTELY, LOOK AT THE TIMING. HITS IT THREE INCHES BEHIND THE PUCK AND SLIDES THROUGH. THERE’S MATTHEWS’ REACTION. THAT WAS A HECK OF A NUMBER TO BEAT. >> Chris: SO 102.56. DAVID PASTRNAK UP NEXT. 33 GOALS ON THE YEAR. 95.87 HIS BEST IN GAME.

93.28. BY THE WAY THE FASTEST SHOT, MILLER OF NEW JERSEY, 102.59 >> Craig: AND THAT IN ITSELF IS REMARKABLE BECAUSE YOU DON’T GET TO DO THIS IN A GAME WHERE NOBODY IS AROUND YOU. YOU GET 15 FEET TO WALK IN AND LAUNCH ONE. >> Chris: 95.27.

SO PASTRNAK THE THIRD SHOOTER IS IN THIRD PLACE AT THE MOMENT. >> Craig: YOU GET JUST A REAL SENSE OF HOW MAKAR’S STANDS OUT THERE. PASTRNAK, ABOUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NET THERE. NOT ABLE TO GENERATE ENOUGH. >> HERE’S J.T. MILLER, 97.52 THE SECOND HIGHEST REGISTERED SHOT

IN ACTION AMONGST THESE COMPETITORS. FOUR SLAP SHOT GOALS THIS SEASON. AND 102.3! >> Craig: NICE. >> Chris: WOW. >> Craig: HE TOOK A LITTLE ANGLE ROUTE ON THAT ONE AND KIND OF SLID INTO IT FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AS THE LEFT SHOT AND HE POUNDED

THAT ONE RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE. THAT’S HIS BEST OF THE YEAR >> Chris: SO MAKAR STILL HAS THE LEAD, BUT CAN MILLER DIAL IT UP A LITTLE FURTHER? NOPE, 96.46. SO MAKAR REMAINS THE LEADER. JUST AHEAD OF J.T. MILLER. >> Craig: THIS FIRST ONE, THE

TIMING WAS PERFECT AND IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE, WATCH WHERE HIS STICK HITS THE EYE. IT’S WAY BEHIND THE PUCK THERE AND JUST CATAPULTED THROUGH, AND MAKAR DOING THE QUICK MATH THERE, GOES, YEAH, I STILL GOT HIM >> Chris: IT’S INTERESTING, ELIAS PETTERSSON IS THE

DEFENDING CHAMPION OF THIS EVENT AND HE WON IT WITH 103.2 LAST YEAR. 98.4 TO START. WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE STRONG BOTTOM HAND IS TO PUT UP A NUMBER THAT YOU’LL NEED. >> Craig: DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HIS RELEASE POINT ON THAT ONE, THE

PUCK DIDN’T GET OFF THE ICE VERY MUCH. HE’S FIXING HIS SWEATER HERE AND GEARING UP TO TRY HIS BEST ONE. >> ONLY THE SECOND FORWARD IN THE LAST 15 YEARS TO WIN. WHEN HEIT LAST YEAR. CAN HE DO IT AGAIN? NO, 97.43. CALE MAKAR HAS WON THE HARDEST

SHOT AS THE DEFENCEMEN CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN THIS EVENT! >> Craig: KIND OF SHEEPISHLY LOOKING THERE. HE SET THE BAR WITH THE SECOND SHOOTER. PETTERSSON UNABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THAT. HE KNEW RIGHT AWAY, DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE GOT THAT ONE IN HIS WHEEL HOUSE.

AND HE DIDN’T HAVE

Watch the league’s best compete to see who is the most accurate passer at the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition.

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