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So we've had a few speedsters over the years, who was the quickest skater though.

I'll go for Brent Bobyk
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Good shout, Latal will be up there. I'd also consider Dale Craigwell, he was pretty shifty too-a very smooth skater.
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Bobyk for me. Although Kent Simpson was fast.

Latal and Jono aren’t exactly slow either.

Craigwell was the smoothest and best skater I’ve ever seen.

Be a good race between those 5!
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I would add Matt Hubbauer into the mix, he was very very fast... didn't he win the speed contest in the season ticket event back then.. :wonder:
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I seem to remember in the past we had a skills session when part of it was police radar measuring the fastest skate and the fastest slap shot. I remember Kent Simpson was the fastest skater at the time at something like 34 mph but I can’t remember the slap shot winner.
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Neumann is every bit as fast as Látal also. And J. Phillips burned plenty of Nottingham D men last night even at 40.
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Tyler Mosienko, fast and a prolific scorer!
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mark wrote:
Mon Dec 26, 2022 6:19 pm
So we've had a few speedsters over the years, who was the quickest skater though.

I'll go for Brent Bobyk
I thought the thread read 'fastest Steeler' LMAO. Kidding David. I like BB. I think Tim Cranston would feel left out here, but there were definitely a few in the BISL era. #4, 10, 16, 9...........
Interesting post. DC was also a great choice. Some referred to him as 'skated for fun'
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Yeah I should have considered Turbo Tim, I was trying to think of just pure speed but of course some players seem quick because their anticipation is so good they always seem to have a yard start. Always rated BB in a foot race even though he never seemed to know what came after he won the race, you see those posts and crossbar Brent ? , somewhere in the middle of those would be nice, kidding of course as he caused many a turnover that was finished by others.
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Mosienko was certainly quick. The area of fans around me that season called him Mozzy as in mosquito, he was that hard to catch !
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