Did the Sedins Invent the Slap Pass?

[Captain Bowie]

I never heard of or recall seeing a slap pass prior to the Sedins using is regularly, starting in the 05/06 season. Is this something that has happened throughout history that just hadn't been talked about much, or were Daniel and Henrik Sedin actually the first ones to employ the Slap Pass as a set play?

The Slap Pass is a play where a player will wind up for a slap shot, but instead sends a hard pass from the point or half-boards to a teammate in the slot, who will direct the puck into the net.

 

[Plural]

I think they definitely perfected it.

But I recall seeing something similar with Selanne and Kariya. They were skating in to the offensive zone from both sides. One (usually Kariya) carried the puck and after getting in offensive zone he would just slightly slow down and the puckless winger skates to the net. One "shoots" and the defending team/goalie expects the puck to go straight towards the goal. But it was a "slap pass".

I'm not sure if it is something you were looking for, but I recall a few instances where they did this. Against Avalanche they did a perfect execution of the "slap pass". It was around -97 I think.

I'll try to look up an example.

Edit: Can't seem to find an example now. Maybe my memory serves me wrong and they didn't actually execute the "slap pass" that often. I know for a fact (I remember the game and I have footage from it but I just can't get to it right now) that they did it once against Avalanche.

I guess it could be that I just remember this wrong. After all, both great duos but with vastly different styles. Sedins are all about the cycle and slowing the game down. Kariya - Selanne were all about high speed skating and accurate shooting.

 

[quoipourquoi]

I think they definitely perfected it.

But I recall seeing something similar with Selanne and Kariya. They were skating in to the offensive zone from both sides. One (usually Kariya) carried the puck and after getting in offensive zone he would just slightly slow down and the puckless winger skates to the net. One "shoots" and the defending team/goalie expects the puck to go straight towards the goal. But it was a "slap pass".

I'm not sure if it is something you were looking for, but I recall a few instances where they did this. Against Avalanche they did a perfect execution of the "slap pass". It was around -97 I think.

I'll try to look up an example.

Edit: Can't seem to find an example now. Maybe my memory serves me wrong and they didn't actually execute the "slap pass" that often. I know for a fact (I remember the game and I have footage from it but I just can't get to it right now) that they did it once against Avalanche.

I guess it could be that I just remember this wrong. After all, both great duos but with vastly different styles. Sedins are all about the cycle and slowing the game down. Kariya - Selanne were all about high speed skating and accurate shooting.

0:48

 

[The Panther]

I'm pretty sure people were doing this in, like, the 1940s.

The Sedins may have made it sexy in recent years, but they hardly invented it.

 

[jeffl97]

no one has ever tried it before in the history of hockey before the sedins.

 

[Plural]

0:48

Yup, that's it. Thanks. It doesn't really show the situation from the beginning, but that constitutes as a "slap pass" right?

I'm sure it has been used a lot of times before and after. So, I guess the answer to the OP's question is no.

 

[Terry Yake]

selanne and kariya

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'm pretty sure people were doing this in, like, the 1940s.

There probably weren't slap passes before slap shots.

 

[Rhiessan71]

I think it was more a product of Jim Hughson's over-use of the term while covering the Nucks that did it.

Guys like Bourque and Lidstrom were using the slap pass for years before the Sedin's.

 

[Sentinel]

Guys like Bourque and Lidstrom were using the slap pass for years before the Sedin's.

Came here to say this. Lidstrom and the Wings used it regularly.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Fifties

At least back to the fifties - Harvey, Geoffrion, Bathgate, Mikita, Pilote, Gadsby, Orr, etc. onwards to date.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I think it was more a product of Jim Hughson's over-use of the term while covering the Nucks that did it.

I think he said it more times in that YT clip than everyone else I've ever heard, combined.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Thanks guys. I thought it pretty improbable that 2 players from the 00's would have invented a move that was so successful, and used league-wide these days. Just never heard or saw it used.

 

[Killion]

Been around for decades.

 

[Hobnobs]

Been around for decades.

No! Sedins invented it!

 

[Killion]

No! Sedins invented it!

Oh, ok. Och glad glad jul til dig ocksa Hobnobs. Sa det ska vara fran denna dag framat. Svensk uppfinning.

 

[Hobnobs]

Oh, ok. Och glad glad jul til dig ocksa Hobnobs. Sa det ska vara fran denna dag framat. Svensk uppfinning.

Tack, kära vän. Hyfsat bra svenska från dig där

 

[Killion]

Tack, kära vän. Hyfsat bra svenska från dig där

Ja, var renskotare nara Kiruna i ett tidigare liv.

 

[kmad]

Sedins made the most use of it. It takes good chemistry to be able to execute a good slap pass.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I guess the Sedins probably use it a lot more than most forwards. As Rheissen said, it's something Lidstrom and Bourque did all the time. Other defensemen too - its a move usually done by skilled defensemen, often on the power play.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I never heard of or recall seeing a slap pass prior to the Sedins using is regularly, starting in the 05/06 season. Is this something that has happened throughout history that just hadn't been talked about much, or were Daniel and Henrik Sedin actually the first ones to employ the Slap Pass as a set play?

The Slap Pass is a play where a player will wind up for a slap shot, but instead sends a hard pass from the point or half-boards to a teammate in the slot, who will direct the puck into the net.

Take a look at hockey in the 80's--no they didn't

 

[Big Phil]

I think it was more a product of Jim Hughson's over-use of the term while covering the Nucks that did it.

Guys like Bourque and Lidstrom were using the slap pass for years before the Sedin's.

One of the first things I thought of too. Lidstrom is known better than anyone else for this I think. There are times he purposely missed the net in order to deliver a pass. Bourque knew the Boston Garden so well he seemed to find a way to know what parts of the boards to hit. I don't think this is the same as what the Sedins did, but you get the point.

The Sedins popularized it in recent years I guess you can say. Sort of like how Patrick Roy popularized the butterfly, but certainly did not invent it. Clint Benedict, Glenn Hall and Tony Esposito all did it rather well before him.

Hmmm..........but the slap pass? I don't know, Eric Lindros always seemed to throw some pretty hard passes people's way. Just off of memory. So no, they aren't the first to do it.

 

[BraveCanadian]

No, they didn't, don't be ridiculous.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Thanks guys. I thought it pretty improbable that 2 players from the 00's would have invented a move that was so successful, and used league-wide these days. Just never heard or saw it used.

Been around for decades.

Take a look at hockey in the 80's--no they didn't

No, they didn't, don't be ridiculous.

Thanks for the info guys!

 

[bigwillie]

One of the first things I thought of too. Lidstrom is known better than anyone else for this I think. There are times he purposely missed the net in order to deliver a pass. Bourque knew the Boston Garden so well he seemed to find a way to know what parts of the boards to hit. I don't think this is the same as what the Sedins did, but you get the point.

The Sedins popularized it in recent years I guess you can say. Sort of like how Patrick Roy popularized the butterfly, but certainly did not invent it. Clint Benedict, Glenn Hall and Tony Esposito all did it rather well before him.

Hmmm..........but the slap pass? I don't know, Eric Lindros always seemed to throw some pretty hard passes people's way. Just off of memory. So no, they aren't the first to do it.

I had heard that the boards at the Joe were extra springy simply to let Lidstrom and Co. slap pass off the back boards and back out front on the other side.

MacInnis would do the same thing on Flames/Blues' PPs, but he didn't need springy boards with his shot.