Chara does it again with 105.9 MPH blast

Before Chara took his record-setting shot, many of the fans rose to their feet to lend their support to the 33-year-old who is usually in hostile territory at the RBC Center. Chara gave the 18,176 in attendance all the credit for his comeback victory.

"That was awesome. I loved it," Chara said. "Obviously they gave me the extra energy and a big thank you goes to them. It's always overwhelming when you're getting this kind of reception in an away stadium. It's incredible. It's something that's always stuck in your memories and you cherish that."

Chara said he's pretty sure with new sticks and stronger players, his 105.9 won't stand the test of time.

"I think the limit is always going to be pushed. It's just an issue of the business," Chara said. "Records are meant to be broken. I don't know, it could be all the way to 110. It's really with the technology of the sticks and the players getting stronger and bigger, the record could be pushed to that number. Who knows, maybe it's going to last for a long time, I don't know."

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin had an adventure of his own during the competition as he faced off against Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos and was down to his final shot.

Stamkos posted an impressive 101.9 on his second attempt, but Ovechkin could only muster a 48.3 MPH effort because his stick exploded in the middle of his shot. Ovechkin was granted another shot, but that was just the beginning of his problems.

He was out of sticks, so he had to borrow the stick of Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. On his make-up attempt, the radar gun didn't register. On his second attempt, the radar gun once again failed to post a number, but it was announced in the arena that Ovechkin's shot was 87.5 mph.
 
"It was not my stick I was warming up, but I didn't have my stick," said Ovechkin, referring to how he felt like he was heating up before his stick broke.
 
Ovechkin refused to accept that, so he was granted one last shot, which registered a more respectable 97.2 mph but was far short of Stamkos' mark.
 
"I break two sticks today and that's all I made today," Ovechkin said. "I didn't think I was going to need four sticks or three sticks in the skills competition. (Letang) just was the first guy that offered it."
 
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