height_ft played_for weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year career_end position draft_team height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 toronto sharks maple leafs washington capitals boston bruins san jose 240 left dearborn , mi , usa 1984 1998 defense toronto maple leafs 3 21 march 1966 al iafrate
 4th overall usa 1984
al iafrate

albert anthony iafrate -lrb- ; born march 21 , 1966 -rrb- is a retired american professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the national hockey league between 1984 and 1998 .
he is perhaps most famous for his extremely hard slap shot .
he set a record for velocity during the nhl skills competition of 1993 , a record which stood for 16 years , at .
the record was broken in 2009 by zdeno chára of the boston bruins with a slap shot at 105.4 mph in montreal .
iafrate was born in dearborn , michigan , but grew up in livonia , michigan .
iafrate was given the nickname `` the planet '' by boston globe sportswriter kevin paul dupont for his peculiar personality .
