Al Iafrate

Ice Hockey, Ice hockey player

1966 –

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Who is Al Iafrate?

Albert Anthony Iafrate is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1998. He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record, which stood for 16 years, at 105.2 miles per hour. The record was broken in 2009 by Zdeno Chára of the Boston Bruins with a slap shot at 105.4 mph in Montreal.

Iafrate was given the nickname "the Planet" by Boston Globe sportswriter Kevin Paul Dupont for his peculiar personality.

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Born
Mar 21, 1966
Dearborn
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Dearborn
  • Livonia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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