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Video: Weber wins hardest shot with 108.5 mph blast

Shea Weber

Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber scores against the Anaheim Ducks in the third period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Shea Weber confirmed his reputation as one of the NHL’s most powerful shooters on Saturday, winning the Hardest Shot contest at the Skills Competition.

Weber captured the award on the strength of an 108.5 mph blast -- on his second and final shot -- to record one of the fastest shots in the competition’s history. Weber’s blast was just 0.3 mph shy of the record set by Zdeno Chara during the 2012 All-Star Game in Ottawa.

Here’s the shot that won it all tonight...