Slap Shot Born In Cape Breton Was Feared By NHL Goalies – Top 3 Moments With Al MacInnis

Like the dryer from Sidney Crosby’s basement that now sits in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, there’s a piece of plywood that stood against a barn each summer in Port Hood, Cape Breton that probably deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Over and over, each summer, that piece of plywood stood the abuse of constant hockey pucks being shot at it. Here in this tiny Cape Breton village, in our opinion, the number one slap shot in NHL history was born.

Port Hood’s Al MacInnis holds the record of Hardest Shot titles won at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, His fastest shot won the competition in 1998 at 100.4 mph, or just over 160 km/h. He would go on and win the title seven times.

Although MacInnis doesn’t hold the record for the hardest shot of all time, it needs to be noted that MacInnis played with a wooden stick. He never adopted the composite material hockey sticks that most players play with because he felt they lowered his accuracy. Had he, his shot would have been feared even more.

Top Three Moments With Al MacInnis

#3 – Al MacInnis breaks the glass behind the net as a Calgary Flame

#2 – Al MacInnis shoots puck through the boards delaying start of game

#1 – Al MacInnis won the 1998 Hardest Shot Competition with 100.4 MPH, his hardest on record.

BONUS – Al MacInnis wins the 2000 All Star Skills Competition Hardest Shot With 100.1 MPH, winning by 0.1 MPH