Zdeno Chara's Slapshots Are So Fast They Defy Physics

Zdeno Chara is kind of a freak. He's really tall, he hits really hard and he's arguably the best defenseman in the NHL. But what you might not know is that his slapshots are so fast that they actually speed up as they approach the net!

At least that's what Andy Brickley thinks.

After a Chara slapshot hit a Sabres player in the shin and sent him out of tonight's game, Brickley, the color commentator for the Bruins on NESN, said "the closer the better" if you're going to get hit by a Chara slapshot because "the puck doesn't have enough time to reach it's full velocity."

Right?

Jack Edwards, the play-by-play commentator for NESN, was most likely stunned. After a second of dead air, Edwards replies: "I think the physics professors in the audience will tell you that the puck starts losing velocity as soon as it leaves the stick. ... but it's still fast!"

Brickley laughed it off. Edwards laughed, too, but it was awkward. You just can't get around that. What makes this even better is that Brickley didn't let it die. Twenty minutes later, Brickley -- who obviously was still thinking about this the entire time -- pondered: If they measure speed of slapshots at the All-Star game, "why don't they shoot closer to the net?"

Oh, Andy. What is NESN going to do with you?