Posted on 01/06/2011 2:45:54 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
In a Tuesday night USHL game against the Sioux City Musketeers, 19-year-old defenseman Andrew Prochno of the Sioux Falls Stampede fired a slap shot from the blue line that hit the goal post. Curiously, the referee blew his whistle to stop play, confusing fans and players on what appeared to be a routine occurrence during a hockey game. But there was nothing routine about it, because Prochno's shot off the iron split the puck in half on impact. Check out the first 55 seconds of this clip for one of the oddest moments you'll ever see on the ice:
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Combination of it being hit hard and manufacture defect
Now that’s a slap shot!
Actually tying the game with one second left was the best part.
gnip
What do you have against the American Hockey Puck Manufacturing Union?
The AHPMU makes great pucks! It will be proven in a court of law to be a defect in the goal frame!
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That used to happen to me all the time. I finally just gave up on slapshots.
P.S. I know that the rules say 100% of the puck must cross the line...
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