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Farewell to Quebec

<figure id="attachment_507885" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-507885" style="width: 750px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-507885" alt="Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Matt-Duchene-and-Shea-Weber-e1392654637118.jpg" width="750" height="421" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Matt-Duchene-and-Shea-Weber-e1392654637118.jpg 750w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Matt-Duchene-and-Shea-Weber-e1392654637118-300x168.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-507885" class="wp-caption-text">Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press</figcaption></figure>
<p>Can you spot the puck on this Shea Weber slap shot for Team Canada? (Yes, they had black uniforms on Friday, as Austria wore red and white.)</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter  wp-image-463501" title="Weber Gif" alt="" src="http://www2.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WeberGif.gif" width="600" height="338" />Missed it? How about from this angle?</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter  wp-image-463519" title="Weber3GIF" alt="" src="http://www2.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Weber3GIF.gif" width="540" height="296" /></p>
<p>Did you miss it again? Here it is in slow-mo. <em>(Thanks to @PeteBlackburn and @_MarcusD_ for the GIFs)</em></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-463502" title="Weber2Gif" alt="" src="http://www2.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Weber2Gif.gif" width="600" height="338" />Jeff Carter may have scored a natural hat trick in Canada&#8217;s 6-0 win over Austria, but the talk of Twitter was Weber&#8217;s rocket slap shot.</p>
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<p>Canada defenceman Shea Weber (6) is congratulated by teammate Matt Duchene (9) after scoring on Austria during first period round robin men&#8217;s hockey action at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. THE CANADIAN PRESSéNathan Denette</p>


‘I think Shea Weber just melted the puck’

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