Canada defenceman Shea Weber (6) is congratulated by teammate Matt Duchene (9) after scoring on Austria during first period round robin men’s hockey action at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Nathan Denette
’I think Shea Weber just melted the puck’
Watch the hardest shot in hockey
Can you spot the puck on this Shea Weber slap shot for Team Canada? (Yes, they had black uniforms on Friday, as Austria wore red and white.)
Missed it? How about from this angle?
Did you miss it again? Here it is in slow-mo. (Thanks to @PeteBlackburn and @_MarcusD_ for the GIFs)
Jeff Carter may have scored a natural hat trick in Canada’s 6-0 win over Austria, but the talk of Twitter was Weber’s rocket slap shot.
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