I Understand Most Shoddy Reportings, But NHL.com?

by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2009 2:43 AM EST

Mike G. Morreale, you are a winner. You write for NHL.com. That being the case, how can you make such a terrible error about the NHL?

"The 6-foot-9, 260-pound Chara, a player on the hated rival of the team upon whose ice he stood, established a new standard in the Cisco Hardest Shot event when he skated into his second attempt and clocked 105.4 mph before a stunned, yet appreciative, crowd at Bell Centre. The cannon shot enabled the gentle giant to best a 16-year-old mark held by another former Bruin, Al Iafrate (105.2 mph), who set the standard as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs."

Leafs? Further inspection found that the 105.2 mph shot was done in 1993. Quick look at the stat line reveals...

1992-93

Washington Capitals

Guilty of failure to check his facts while wanting to bring more good names of good old Canadian teams into the conversation.

I feel better now.

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This error is even more egregious because VS showed Iafrate setting the record and he was clearly wearing the Caps uni.

On a side note, Al’s hair clearly deserves to be in the mullet HOF!

by Moonage Daydream on Jan 25, 2009 8:59 AM EST reply actions

UPDATE: I emailed the guy, in a not so friendly fashion last night.

Dear Mr. Morreale:

I just read your article about the all-star game, hardest shot competition. While not wanting to be a pain in your backside, I should let you know a lot of Capitals fans were upset to read that our “Wild Thing’s” record was apparently set by a Maple Leaf.

A record we thought was in our fold was not. It’s hard when your team has zero Stanley Cups. It’s hard when you’ve been following the team since you can remember, and the first time you won a Hart trophy was when Ovechkin did it. It’s hard when you have to bear the terrible terrible humiliation of having the worst team in sports pre-2008 Detroit Lions AND having seen them wear white pants.

You tend to cling to the little things, like Iafrate’s slap shot record(Now broken) and Jim Carey’s Vezina.

At least we’re on an upswing. Please don’t give that to the Leafs too.

Travis, Winchester, VA.

This morning, he replied.

Travis,

Thanks for the heads up. Honest mistake – I have made the correction. Enjoy the game today.

Regards,

Mike Morreale/ mmorreale@nhl.com

I feel that things are getting better.

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2009 2:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Perhaps

He was thinking of Gartners record accomplished while in a Leafs uni. Though having seen footage of Iafrate set his record every year during the skills comp, it’s pretty hard not to remember he was a Cap then. Al still own the fastest shot with a wood stick!

Your favorite meme is dead

by Edanger6 on Jan 25, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

Speaking of fastest skater, I noticed last night that 5 of the top 6 times were posted by Caps/CurrentCaps/orFormer Caps (Garts, Feds, Bondra)

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

Current?

Anyone know who the fastest skater on our current team is?

by Scott in Shaw on Jan 26, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Jeff Schultz

by Pi on Jan 28, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

I’d bank on Greener or Flash. :x

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Jan 30, 2009 2:06 AM EST up reply actions

LOL

by Scott in Shaw on Jan 28, 2009 3:40 PM EST reply actions

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