Would Al Iafrate still own the hardest shot record if he were using today's technology?
I do not know exactly what type of stick Al Iafrate used back then. It has 16 years ago, so some players were using aluminum shafts with wooden blades. I believe he was still using all wood.
How much faster would his shot have been if he had been using a composite stick back when he originally set this record?
I think he would’ve slaughtered the puck by sending it 106 or even 107.
LITY, was that with the overly curved stick, or what they’re using now?
Chara uses a two-piece, composite shaft and wood blade. The differences are slight. Maximum velocity comes from the perfect strike at the perfect angle and not so much the material the stick is made from.
No…If he had the same technology,Bobby Hull would own that record for many many years,until they taught a gorilla how to take a slapshot.
I’ll take Al MacInnis. He was still winning that competition with wood when others were using the composite stuff. I know the measurements on Iafrate/ Hull but head to head, I stick take big AlMac.
1st poster. From what I am told ( I still prefer my wood so can’t speak from experience) the composite sticks can add 10-15 MPH to a shot. Chara uses a Warrior AK-27 At least last year he used that). I would say the difference between that and an Iafrae stick would be that same 10-15 MPH on average range. Perhaps Zap could say better?
depending if he switched to a modern stick and didnt stay with a wooden one i would say yes, i know chara still has an oldish stick however even those have improved since 93,but also being a giant with the longest stick possible is also an advantage because you can get a maximum flex, so iafrate would have a harder shot but who knows if hed have the record with chara around
Bobby Hull owns the hardest shot record………….Iafrate only holds the ASG Skills competition record.
As for the new technology, I’m not as up on that as most people. My skates are the original black Tuuk’s and I still have a few wooden Northland sticks from the 60s and 70s as well.
thelau - it was with a straight stick actually. The speed was measured more accurately then as "the time between two lasers". Using the curved sticks they couldn’t keep the puck low enough (18" was as high as the lasers measured).
The method they use now (radar guns) is highly innacurate in that it measures the highest speed in the trajectory, and not the actual speed (which would be lower if using lasers).
HabsFan - Guy Lafleur used an aluminum Canadian stick in 1978-79 for several games (I have a shaft of one of these - slightly larger than the wooden sticks of the day). At the 1980 Olympics, Dave Christian used an aluminum Christian stick for a few shifts. Throughout the 80s, several players used aluminum sticks made by various manufacturers but it wasn’t until Easton came along that they were widely used. As a scout it was a pain because you didn’t know how much of the shot was the player, or how much was the stick.
Iafrate was indeed using an allwood stick then, a Koho Revolution if I am not mistaken.
Would he *hab* (this too was in Montreal) benefited from composite stick technology?
Maybe and maybe not.
As others have said, it’s more than just materials that generate the power/shot speed.
ps. How’s this for irony. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong guys, but wasn’t Sherwood the first company to have an aluminum stick used in the NHL? (Brad Park 1982)
In that case, I need to look for my trivia book and send it to you so Lity can proofread it et merci beaucoup for taking the time to correct me and provide insight on the matter.
you realize that you are taking about hockey. who cares about hockey. knowone watches it for a reason