Ice Hockey Puck Speed Record

The mark stood for 20 years.

Ice hockey puck speed record. I think the speed of chara s slapshot went up to 108 mph during the last all star game s skill s competition. During one skills competition with the leafs he had a slap shot recorded at what would be an nhl record 106 6 mph. Even shea weber cracked 106. The current world record is held by denis kulyash of khl s avangard omsk who slapped a puck at the 2011 khl all star game skills competition in riga latvia with a speed of 110 miles per hour 180 km h.

Kulyash surpassed the previous mark of 105 4 miles per hour 169 7 km h by zdeno chara slovakia of the boston bruins usa set during the national hockey league s all star skills competition in montreal canada. Big z holds the nhl record for the fastest shot recording a 108 8 mph 175 1 km h shot at the 2012 nhl all star skills competition. Petersburg russia on 5 february 2011. Puck related injuries at hockey games are not uncommon.

Unfortunately any other competition i ve seen him at he hits. The current slapshot speed record is held by ahl forward martin frk whose slapshot was clocked at 109 2 miles per hour 175 7 km h at the 2020 ahl all star weekend in ontario california. Fast flying pucks are potentially dangerous to players and spectators. The world record is 191 5 km h 119 mph by bobby hull.

The hardest recorded ice hockey shot in any competition was a 110 3 mph 177 5 km h slapshot by denis kulyash russia of avangard omsk in the continental hockey league s russia all star skills competition in st. It could be true. In his 30s gartner captured two of the nhl s fastest skater competitions in 1993 with a time of 13 510 and in 1996 with a new record of 13 386. Hockey 183 7 km h anyone who watches hockey can attest to the fact that 6 9 defenceman zdeno chara can slap the puck.