Kulak wins hardest shot event at Edmonton Oilers’ skills competition – Edmonton | 24CA News
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Brett Kulak has fired pucks with loads of energy at instances this hockey season, however the efficiency of his shot was licensed on the crew’s abilities competitors on Wednesday night time.
The 28-year-old blueliner from Stony Plain, Alta., beat out the competitors to earn the toughest shot title when his slapshot despatched the puck crusing on the web with a velocity of 97.7 miles per hour.
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Brett Kulak appears to be like again at centre Leon Draisaitl (29) after scoring in opposition to the Anaheim Ducks in the course of the third interval of an NHL hockey recreation in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 3, 2022.
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The sold-out occasion at Rogers Place noticed Oilers followers watch their crew’s gamers participate in quite a lot of totally different abilities occasions.
Longtime Oilers ahead Ryan Nugent-Hopkins completed first within the shot accuracy class. He used his shot to hit 4 targets positioned at every nook of the web in simply 9.31 seconds. Oilers captain Connor McDavid achieved the identical feat in 9.81 seconds.
Some Oilers followers could have been shocked by the velocity displayed by rookie defenceman Markus Niemelainen.
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The 24-year-old Finn, identified extra for his bodily play than his skating, gained the quickest skater contest, finishing two laps of the ice rink in simply 26.67 seconds.
McDavid, who’s broadly thought of one of many quickest gamers within the National Hockey League, didn’t participate in that occasion.
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The night additionally noticed Oilers gamers participate in a abilities problem relay and a few of the gamers’ canine even received concerned, collaborating within the “ruff-ruff relay” occasion.
The Oilers mentioned web proceeds from tickets bought for the talents competitors will profit the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation and the NHLPA Goals and Dreams Fund.
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The Oilers’ subsequent recreation is in Seattle on Friday night time when the crew takes on the Kraken.
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