A slap shot is by far faster.
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Boom Boom Geferson of the Montreal Canadians; They called him "Boom Boom" because of the noise that the puck made when it hit the boards. Last name is correctly spelled "Geoffrion" Edwin Martin of The Halifax Eurekas of The Negro Hockey League took the first slap shot in 1903. It is documented in the Halifax Newspaper.
A split-finger fastball or splitter is a pitch in baseball and a variant of the straight fastball. It is named after the technique of putting the index and middle finger on different sides of the ball, or "splitting" them. When thrown hard, it appears to be a fastball to the batter, but suddenly "drops off the table" towards home plate
Zdeno Chara has the fastest slapshots in the NHL
because of his fastball
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