Is Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon as fast as the commercial says he is?
As part of CCM's new TV ad, the 19-year-old Avalanche star races Canadian Olympian Charles Hamelin to see who has the better acceleration. Check out the video here:
Though the commercial is hardly a scientific study, MacKinnon's spot in the ad has stirred a debate: Who is the fastest skater in the NHL today?
The Canadian Press covered this topic, via NHL.com, citing speedsters such as Taylor Hall, Carl Hagelin, Michael Grabner, Andrew Cogliano and Blake Wheeler as candidates.
Hall was asked for his opinion on the topic, per the report, and he said the following regarding MacKinnon: "When we played against him last year he took off at one point during the game and I'd never seen anything like that."
Most spectators would add Alex Ovechkin, Phil Kessel and Erik Karlsson to the debate, as Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet did in his "30 Thoughts" column.
But who really is the fastest?
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Colorado Avalanche: Is Nathan MacKinnon the Fastest Skater in the NHL?
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