JMR27
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- Jan 3, 2006
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I was using my radar gun yesterday and I hit 84mph twice and one at 92mph.
Just curious to know? , and yes I hit the net
Just curious to know? , and yes I hit the net
Nice, i never really check but i must have like a 65, 70 mph.. Its pretty bad
That's not that bad, some of my teammates can only hit 65 but are great players the speed of a slapper doesn't matter that much, it's your skating and wrister.
Accuracy is what matters with a shot. When I was in Bantam, I loved my ability to be a faceoff God, and backchecking ability.Always knew I had a hard as hell slapshot. Then my coach put me on the point in the middle of a game I thought I was dominant in.
I lost it, didn't want to play, but then he took me aside and was all - "you're fast, and you understand the game better than most people on the ice. You need open ice. And you can shoot, so just shoot"
First shift, I was staring at the center, all pissed off that it should be me. He drew it back to me, I took 2 steps over, and slapped that thing for all I was worth. DING. And everyone cheering, wired it off the post and in. That split second my entire hockey life changed lol. Even my eyes opened, like "holy .... he was right, I had all the time in the world"
Anyway, ended up with a hattrick just firing pucks with accuracy. There was a guy on the other unit that could shoot it probably 95mph at 15... but he had no accuracy. But from then on, I was "that guy" on defense on the PP. And in clutch moments, take the faceoffs, then go back to the point - and shoot.
This is where it gets gay - that moment changed my entire hockey life, ended up in the SJHL, and the WHL for a bit. Anyone ever see the movie "Signs" where he's all "Just swing Merill, swing" - it's like the movie moment that chokes me up, because I remember my coach being all "Just shoot".
This is where it gets gay - that moment changed my entire hockey life, ended up in the SJHL, and the WHL for a bit. Anyone ever see the movie "Signs" where he's all "Just swing Merill, swing" - it's like the movie moment that chokes me up, because I remember my coach being all "Just shoot".
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