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My unbelievable trip to MSG to watch the New York Rangers play.  Wow.  It can be described as a thing that would only happen to Marna................

Watch for it...........coming soon!!

Retiarius Gladiator vs Shea Weber vs Zdeno Chara

A Retiarius Gladiator used a net to fight other gladiators in the Arena.  During practice they would have to swing the net over and around their head over and over and over again in order to get the exact movement needed to throw the net and catch their opponent.  Skeletons of Retiaruis Gladiators have been unearthed the past few years.  Those skeletons show signs of extreme rotator cuff wear and tear. Probably caused by the hours of practice spent day after day honing their craft.

NHL players practice shooting pucks. A lot.  Over and over and over again to practice precision.  The same precision is needed for the hockey player to perform his job, just as the precision needed for the Gladiator to perform his.  I wonder of hockey players and rotator cuff injuries.  Are hockey players more adapt to develop that problem than in other sports?

Some elite professional NHL players who have the hardest and fastest slap shots are Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins.  Chara record of hardest shot is 108.8 miles per hour at the 2012 All-Star Game.

Nashville Predator Shea Weber came up second to Chara's record at the 2012 All Star Game setting his personal record at 106 miles per hour.

Those two records are called the hardest shots.  And in ways that it truth.  But in ways it's only speed because the speed is rated, not how hard the puck hits something.   For example, 2010 Winter Olympic

Tournament- On Canada roster Shea Weber scored second goal of the game.  His shot passed through the netting mesh behind the German goaltender.  In order for the goal to be counted the video had to be reviewed.  Now that was a hard shot!  For sure.  Was it one of the fastest?  I don't know unless someone tested it at the same time the puck went through the net.  I'd say it was both in order to do what it did to the net