point

en-noun

point (countable and uncountable, plural points)

→ Cantonese: point

→ Indonesian: poin

→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)

→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)

→ Malay: poin

From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”)); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle). Displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

kärki

position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force

decimal point

not used when reading decimal fractions aloud

In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.

(lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.


apple

qualifier

< <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">apples</i>

→ Abenaki: aples (< apples)

→ Arikara: ápos (< apples)

→ Assamese: আপেল (apel)

→ Bengali: আপেল (apel)

→ Dhivehi: އާފަލު (āfalu)

→ East Futuna: apo

→ Fijian: yapolo

→ Fiji Hindi: aapul

→ Finnish: äpyli

→ Malay: epal (Malaysia)

→ Malayalam: ആപ്പിൾ (āppiḷ)

→ Maori: āporo

→ Marshallese: abōļ

→ Sinhalese: ඇපල් (æpal)

→ Sotho: apole

Sylheti: ꠀꠄꠚꠟ (aefól)

→ Tamil: ஆப்பிள் (āppiḷ)

→ Telugu: ఆపిల్ (āpil)

desc

→ Thai: แอปเปิล (ɛ́p-bpə̂n)

→ Thai: แอปเปิล (ɛ́p-bpə̂n)

→ Tokelauan: apu

→ Tok Pisin: apel

→ Yurok: 'erplers (< apples)

Book of Genesis
Frans Floris
Malmö Art Museum
The Fall of Man

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl
Proto-Germanic *aplaz
Proto-West Germanic *applu
Old English æppel
Middle English appel
English apple
The noun is derived from Middle English appel (“Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”), from Old English æppel (“apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”).
As regards sense 1.4 (“forbidden fruit”), the type of fruit eaten by Adam and Eve is not identified in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. It may have come to be identified with the apple because of the similarity between Latin mālum (“apple”) and malum (“evil; misery, torment; wrongdoing”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
Cognate with Danish æble, Dutch appel, German Apfel, Irish úll, Lithuanian óbuolỹs, Russian я́блоко (jábloko), Scots aipple, Swedish äpple, Welsh afal, West Frisian apel, possibly Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

ref

From the collection of the Malmö Art Museum in Malmö, Scania, Sweden.

omena

something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

(by extension, slang)
(ice hockey) An assist.


board

en-noun

board (countable and uncountable, plural boards)

→ Japanese: ボード (bōdo)

From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

inh

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.


hack

en-verb

hack (third-person singular simple present hacks, present participle hacking, simple past and past participle hacked)

hacks (present singular third-person)
hacking (participle present)
hacked (participle past)
hacked (past)

Spanish: jaquear

From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hoe; hew”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian häkje (“to hack”), West Frisian hakje (“to hack”), Dutch hakken (“to chop up; hack”), German hacken (“to chop; hack; hoe”), Danish hakke (“to chop”), Swedish hacka (“to hack; chop”), French hacher (“to chop”).
The computer senses date back to at least 1955 when it initially referred to creative problem solving. By 1963, the negative connotations of “black hat” or malicious hacking had become associated with telephone hacking (cf. phreaking).

اِخْتَرَقَ

to gain illegal access to a computer network

He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.

Jensen gets a 5 minute major penalty for hacking Orsov in the back.

(ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.

подси́чам

ice hockey: to strike an opponent with one's hockey stick

There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.

(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

sohia

ice hockey: to make a flailing attempt to hit the puck


stick

en-noun

stick (countable and uncountable, plural sticks)

→ Catalan: estic

→ Italian: stick

→ Korean: 스틱 (seutik)

→ Portuguese: stique, estique

→ Sranan Tongo: tiki

From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”). Related to stigma.

der

better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

(sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:

(field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.


ice

Bislama: aes

→ Brunei Malay: ais

→ Japanese: アイス (aisu)

→ Korean: 아이스 (aiseu)

→ Malay: ais

→ Marshallese: aej, aij

→ Sinhalese: අයිස් (ayis)

→ Tokelauan: aiha

From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Íes, West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish is; also Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ (yax), Northern Kurdish qeş. Superseded non-native Middle English glace (“ice”), borrowed from Old French glace (“ice”).

2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.

(ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.


ice

en-verb

ice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced)

ices (present singular third-person)
icing (participle present)
iced (participle past)
iced (past)

Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season

(transitive, ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.

tuoda jäälle

ice hockey: to put a team on ice for a match

If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.

(transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.


rough

rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)

roughs (present singular third-person)
roughing (participle present)
roughed (participle past)
roughed (past)
ruff (alternative)

From Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh, from Old English rūg, rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz.
Cognate with Scots ruch, rouch (“rough”), Saterland Frisian ruuch, rouch (“rough”), West Frisian rûch (“rough”), Low German ruuch (“rough”), Dutch ruig (“rough”), German rau(h) (“rough”), Danish ru (“uneven on the surface, "rough", "rugged"”).

cog

(ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.


cycle

en-verb

cycle (third-person singular simple present cycles, present participle cycling, simple past and past participle cycled)

cycles (present singular third-person)
cycling (participle present)
cycled (participle past)
cycled (past)

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cyclus, and wheel (see there for more).

doublet

They have their cycling game going tonight.

(ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal

pyörittää

ice hockey: to maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone


penalty

penalties (plural)
pœnalty (alternative)

→ Gulf Arabic: بلنتي (balanti)

→ Portuguese: pênalti, penálti

→ Spanish: penalti

→ Swahili: penalti

From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.

A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.

(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.


line

→ Scottish Gaelic: loidhne

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).
Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen.
The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

lyn

path through two or more points, threadlike mark

lyn

single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.

linja

measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent

(ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.


NHL

National Hockey League
w:National Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of National Hockey League.


hook

en-verb

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

hooks (present singular third-person)
hooking (participle present)
hooked (participle past)
hooked (past)

sometimes in Northern England and Ireland, otherwise obsolete

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake.

The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

(field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player


slash

slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)

slashes (present singular third-person)
slashing (participle present)
slashed (participle past)
slashed (past)

Originally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from French esclachier (“to break”). Used in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht (see 1 Kings 5:18) but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.

(ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.


center

From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).

sentrum

point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle

مَرْكَز

point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates

(sports) A player in the middle of a playing area.

(ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.


glass

en-noun

glass (countable and uncountable, plural glasses)

→ Gulf Arabic: قلاص (gḷāṣ)

→ Fiji Hindi: gilaas

→ Japanese: グラス (gurasu)

→ Kikuyu: ngirathi

→ Malay: gelas, ݢلس

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.

pleksi

sport: barrier made of solid, transparent material

people that live in glass houses should not throw stones

people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

He fired the outlet pass off the glass.

(sports) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.

(ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.


hockey

Unknown, 16th century. Of uncertain origin; possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, or from French hoquet.

Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

(Commonwealth) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.

(Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.


goalie

en-verb

goalie (third-person singular simple present goalies, present participle goalieing, simple past and past participle goalied)

goalies (present singular third-person)
goalieing (participle present)
goalied (participle past)
goalied (past)

Clipping of goalkeeper, goaltender + -ie.

(ice hockey, colloquial, intransitive) To act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.


goal

→ Armenian: գոլ (gol)

→ Azerbaijani: qol

→ Basque: gol

→ Belarusian: гол (hol)

→ Bulgarian: гол (gol)

→ Catalan: gol

→ Central Kurdish: گۆڵ (goll)

→ Czech: gól

→ Dutch: goal

→ Esperanto: golo

→ French: goal

→ Galician: gol

→ Georgian: გოლი (goli)

→ Greek: γκολ (gkol)

→ Hungarian: gól

→ Ido: golo

→ Indonesian: gol

→ Italian: gol, goal

→ Japanese: ゴール (gōru)

→ Korean: 골 (gol)

→ Luxembourgish: Gol

→ Maori: kōrā

→ Persian: گل (gol)

→ Polish: gol

→ Portuguese: golo, gol (Brazil)

→ Romanian: gol

→ Russian: гол (gol)

→ Serbo-Croatian: го̑л (gȏl)

→ Slovak: gól

→ Slovene: gól

→ Spanish: gol

→ Swahili: goli

→ Telugu: గోలు (gōlu)

→ Turkish: gol

→ Ukrainian: гол (hol)

→ Zazaki: gol

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

cog

fans behind the goal

play in goal

(sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

مَرْمًى

in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object


nutmeg

en-noun

nutmeg (countable and uncountable, plural nutmegs)

→ Irish: noitmig

→ Japanese: ナツメグ (natsumegu)

→ Maori: natimeke

→ Welsh: nytmeg

From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede.
For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.

der

The same applied to Loftus-Cheek, who grew into the game after a quiet start and even had the impudence to slip the ball through Marcel Halstenberg’s legs in the first half. Nutmegs aside, Loftus-Cheek also came up with one of England’s best passes of the night, sending Jamie Vardy through the middle at the end of the first half.

2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):

(soccer, field hockey or ice hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.


minor

minors (plural)
miner (alternative)
maner (alternative)
minore (alternative)
minour (alternative)
mynor (alternative)
mynour (alternative)
mynowr (alternative)
mi (alternative)

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

byvak

subject of secondary undergraduate study

Penalties... First Period... all minors.

1924 December 30, Gazette, Montreal, page 14:

(ice hockey) Ellipsis of minor penalty: a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores.


skater

(ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.

kenttäpelaaja

ice hockey: player other than goaltender


tape

en-noun

tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)

→ Danish: tape

→ Dutch: tape

→ Hausa: têf

→ Hindi: टेप (ṭep)

→ Irish: téip

→ Japanese: テープ (tēpu)

→ Korean: 테이프 (teipeu)

→ Norwegian:

Bokmål: tape, teip

Nynorsk: tape, teip

→ Swahili: tepe, tepu

→ Swedish: tape, tejp

→ Thai: เทป (téep)

→ Tibetan: ཊེབ (ṭeb)

→ Turkish: teyp

→ Urdu:

→ Phalura: ṭeép

→ Welsh: tâp

From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”).

cog

His pass was right on the tape.

(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick


barn

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
More at rest and barley.
For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.

der

close the barn door after the horse has bolted

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

(informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.


spear

From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, German Speer, Old Norse spjǫr, *sparrô, Middle Dutch sparre (“rafter”), Old Norse sparri (“spar, rafter”), sperra (“rafter, beam”); also Latin sparus (“short spear”), Albanian ferrë (“thorn, thornbush”).

(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.


goalkeeper

goalkeepers (plural)
goal-keeper (alternative)
goal keeper (alternative)

Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.

2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.

2018, Ace Banking And Static Awareness, page 273:

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

guardameta

journalistic and sports commentators usage


period

frequency

antonym(s) of “length of time of recurrence of a periodic phenomenon”

/ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/

From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, an interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).

periodike

length of time during which something repeats

Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.

(sports, chiefly ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.

They won in the first overtime period.

(sports, chiefly ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.


cage

→ Zulu: ikheji

From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.

(field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.

field hockey or ice hockey; water polo; field hockey or ice hockey; water polo


Blueshirt

(ice hockey) A member of the National Hockey League's New York Rangers, named for the blue sweaters they wear in away games.


ice hockey

A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.


puck

→ Danish: puck

→ German: Puck

→ Swedish: puck

From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).

In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck’, is used.

1886 February 28, Boston Daily Globe, page 2:

The game itself, though played by men, was probably meant to enact a mediation of the opposites of male and female, with a circular puck being the feminine symbol and the phallic hockey stick being the masculine symbol.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 184:

(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.


forward

forwards (plural)
foreward (alternative)
forrard (alternative)
forrad (alternative)
forred (alternative)

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

der

(ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.


wrist

en-verb

wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)

wrists (present singular third-person)
wristing (participle present)
wristed (participle past)
wristed (past)

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.


slot

From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.

(field hockey or ice hockey) A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.


tomahawk

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax”).

(field hockey) A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.


crease

From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.

(ice hockey, handball) The area in front of each goal.


PPG

en-noun

PPG (countable and uncountable, plural PPGs)

(ice hockey) Initialism of power play goal, as used in hockey box scoring.


grinder

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.

inh

(ice hockey, slang) A hard-working, physical player with limited offensive ability.


policeman

→ French: policeman

→ Maori: pirihimana

→ Welsh: plismon

A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

2002, P. J. Harari, Dave Ominsky, Ice Hockey Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide, page 26:


icing

en-noun

icing (countable and uncountable, plural icings)

→ Swedish: icing

(ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.


Test match

(rugby union, field hockey) An international match between the teams of two nations.

rugby union; field hockey; rugby union; field hockey


Michigan

Deke (ice hockey)
Michigan (disambiguation)

Michigans (plural)
MI (alternative)
M (alternative)

Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.

(ice hockey) A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.


biscuit

biscuit (countable and uncountable, plural biscuits)

Tok Pisin: bisket

→ Bengali: বিস্কুট (biskuṭ)

→ Burmese: ဘီစကွတ် (bhica.kwat)

→ Cebuano: biskuwít, biskwit

→ Fiji Hindi: biskut

→ Gujarati: બિસ્કિટ (biskiṭ)

→ Hausa: bìskît

desc

ביסקוויט//בִּיסְקְוִיט

→ Hebrew: ביסקוויט /בִּיסְקְוִיט (bískvit)

→ Hiligaynon: biskwit

desctree

→ Hindi: बिस्कुट (biskuṭ)
→ Jarawa: biskuʈ (“biscuit”)

→ Indonesian: beskit, biskit

→ Japanese: ビスケット (bisuketto)

→ Korean: 비스켓 (biseuket)

→ Malay: biskut

→ Marshallese: petkōj

→ Punjabi: ਬਿਸਕੁਟ (biskuṭ)

→⇒ Scottish Gaelic: briosgaid

→ Spanish: bísquet, bísquete

→ Swahili: biskuti

→ Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠍꠇꠥꠐ (bisókuṭ)

→ Tagalog: biskuwit

→ Thai: บิสกิต (bís-gìt)

→ Urdu: بسکٹ (biskiṭ)
→ Ushojo: بسکٹ (biskiṭ)

→ Yoruba: bisikíìtì

→ Zulu: bhisikidi

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit (French biscuit); doublet of biscotto.

(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).


assist

en-verb

assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)

assists (present singular third-person)
assisting (participle present)
assisted (participle past)
assisted (past)

From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assistō (“stand at, bestand”, verb).

der

(sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.


zone

→ Korean: 존 (jon)

→ Punjabi: ਜ਼ੋਨ (zon)

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck.

(ice hockey) Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.


howitzer

Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) + -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

Belgium took a little while to catch Scotland with the first of the howitzer blows, but when the first one landed there was a certainty of more. Many more.

2018 September 7, Tom English, “Scotland 0-4 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.


turning

From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.

(field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.


hat trick

hat tricks (plural)
hattrick (alternative)
hat-trick (alternative)

From hat + trick (“element of a magician’s or variety entertainer’s act; entertaining and difficult physical action”, noun). Sense 2 (“achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls”)—the original sporting sense—refers to the commemorative hat formerly given as a prize to the bowler by his club.

driekuns

three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc.

שלושער m (shloshá'ar, literally “three-gate or goal”)

གསུམ་སྦྲགས (gsum sbrags, literally “pack-of-three”)

In ice hockey, it’s customary for fans to throw their hats on to the rink after a player scores a hat trick.

(cricket) An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls.

(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.

(specifically, ice hockey, soccer) Three goals scored by one player in a game.


top shelf

top shelves (plural)
top-shelf (alternative)

* (US: best, or high quality): Possibly from the higher quality, thus more expensive, thus less often used liquors being stored on the less accessible top shelf behind a wet bar.
* (British: material with adult content): Such material is often stored on the top shelf in a newsagent's shop, where it is both less visible and harder to reach without being seen.

(Canada, ice hockey) The upper part of the goal.


infraction

/ɪnˈfɹækʃən/

From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

(ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.


dangle

en-verb

dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)

dangles (present singular third-person)
dangling (participle present)
dangled (participle past)
dangled (past)

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).

He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.

(intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.


dangle

That was a sick dangle for a great goal!

(slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.


backhand

en-adj

backhand (comparative more backhand, superlative most backhand)

more backhand (comparative)
most backhand (superlative)

He scored on a backhand shot.

(ice hockey, of a play) Using the back side of the hockey stick.


poster

→ Burmese: ပိုစတာ (puica.ta)

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Dutch: poster

→ Finnish: posteri

→ French: poster
→ Turkish: poster

→ German: Poster

→ Hindi: पोस्टर (posṭar)

→ Hungarian: poszter

→ Irish: póstaer

→ Italian: poster

→ Japanese: ポスター (posutā)

→ Korean: 포스터 (poseuteo)

→ Malay: poster

→ Manx: posteyr

→ Persian: پوستر (poster)

→ Polish: poster

→ Portuguese: pôster, póster (Portugal)

→ Romanian: poster

→ Russian: по́стер (póstɛr)

→ Spanish: póster

→ Swedish: poster

→ Tagalog: poster

→ Thai: โปสเตอร์ (bpóos-dtə̂ə))

→ Welsh: poster

We got three posters in the third and lost.

(ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.


boarding

en-noun

boarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)

(ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.

càrrega contra la tanca

ice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards


fullback

(field hockey) A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.


neutral zone

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(ice hockey) A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines.

zona central

ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines


blue line

Coordinate term: red line

(ice hockey) Either of the two thick blue lines on the ice that separate an attacking zone or defending zone from the neutral zone.


goaltender

(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.


sniper

Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

(ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.


linesman

(ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.

linjatuomari

ice hockey: official whose primary task is to watch the blue line


left wing

The wing on the left side of some body, most commonly one half of a pair:

(ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's left.


right wing

The wing on the right side of some body, most commonly part of a pair:

(ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's right.


D

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

(field hockey) The penalty arc on a hockey field.


PK

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

(ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).


breakaway

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2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/counting-annoying-video-review-sport/
In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside.

(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)


breakaway

2015, Eric MacKenzie, "Canucks fall 2-1 to Oilers in OT," vancouver24hrs.ca, 18 October, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20151020145050/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/10/19/canucks-fall-2-1-to-oilers-in-ot
With the game tied 1-1 early in the third, Henrik got free on a breakaway and was stopped by Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson […]

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.


saucer pass

The winger's perfect saucer pass over the defenseman's stick and onto the center's tape led to the goal.

(ice hockey) A pass which stays flat through the air and lands flat, used to pass over an opponent's stick


penalty box

Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight.

(ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.

banqueta d'expulsats

in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty


cup of coffee

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.


shortie

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They got a shortie at the start of the third.

(ice hockey, informal) A short-handed goal.


halfback

From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback.
In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"

(field sports) A player who occupies one of these positions.

(field hockey) A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.

field sports; field hockey; field hockey


goon

→ Portuguese: guna

Alice the Goon
Peter Sellers
Popeye
Spike Milligan
The Goon Show

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
Shortened from gooney, from obsolete gony (“simpleton”), used circa 1580, of unknown origin. Perhaps a familiar term derived from Middle English gone, a variant of gome (“man, person”). Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). The term goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921). Compare Scots goni, guni (“a bogey, bugbear, hobgoblin”), dialectal Swedish gonnar (“elves, goblins”, plural).
* Sense 1 ("hired thug"; circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character Alice the Goon from the Popeye series.
* Sense 3 ("fool") was reinforced by the popular radio program, The Goon Show, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
* Sense 5 ("guard") was influenced by both sense 1 and sense 3, though not by The Goon Show reference, which arose about 10 years after WWII.

unk

unknown

cog

[…]a scout from the Flames came down from Saskatoon, said, "There's always room on our team for a goon"

2002, “Hit Somebody!”, performed by Warren Zevon:

(ice hockey, derogatory) An enforcer or fighter.


goon

en-verb

goon (third-person singular simple present goons, present participle gooning, simple past and past participle gooned)

goons (present singular third-person)
gooning (participle present)
gooned (participle past)
gooned (past)

unk

unknown

The 23-year-old posted some photos on Instagram on Saturday of himself gooning around for the camera.

2015 December 27, “Dennis Quaid's son Jack posts hilarious photo posing with his dad and siblings pulling faces on Christmas Day”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2016-01-24:

Imagine losing to a team that gooned it up and attempted to take out your best players with heavy hits?

2019 June 13, Dan Shaughnessy, “What experts are saying about the Bruins' Stanley Cup loss”, in The Boston Globe, archived from the original on 2022-12-22:

Obviously, we wanted to kill Kozlov. We thought it was the dirtiest thing in the world. Things picked up after that. We were out for blood after that. We didn't goon them. They gooned us, really, and we just had to respond.

2022 June 24, David Fleming, quoting Mike Ricci, “Fight Night at the Joe: Remembering the legendary Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings brawl of 1997”, in ESPN, archived from the original on 2022-12-22:

(transitive, slang, ice hockey) To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.


Canuck

Canucks (plural)
canuck (alternative)
Canack (alternative)
Cannack (alternative)
Canuc (alternative)
canuc (alternative)
Canuk (alternative)
Conuck (alternative)
Cunnuck (alternative)
Kanuck (alternative)
Kanuk (alternative)
K'nuck (alternative)

American Dialect Society
Greenwood Publishing Group
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Leiden University
University of Alabama Press

Origin uncertain, often hypothesized to derive from the name or speech of an early Canadian minority, later broadened to denote all Canadians:
* Since 1975, many scholars have come to think the name is from Hawaiian kanaka (“man”), a self-appellation of indentured colonial canoemen and Hawaiian sailors working off the Pacific Northwest, Arctic, and New England coasts, from French canaque (“indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia, Kanak”); or, more likely, American whalers’ pidgin, then re-interpreted as Can(adian) + a suffix. (More below on that [specific] putative suffix.) Compare English Kanak and German Kanake.
* Some dictionaries suggest it is derived from the first syllable of Canada, or its etymon Laurentian kanata (“village”), or a related word kanuchsa meaning “villager” in either Laurentian or another Iroquoian language; with the second syllable connected to Inuktitut inuk (“man; person”), from Chinook (“Aboriginal people of the U.S. Pacific Northwest”), or another First-Nation language ending like -oc, -uc, or -uq.
* Fanciful and unlikely suggestions include German genug von Canada (literally “enough of Canada”) (allegedly uttered by German mercenaries during the American War of Independence), French quelle canule (“what a bore”) (allegedly uttered by the French during a siege of Quebec), or the surname Connaught /ˈkɑ.nəxt/ (supposedly a French-Canadian nickname for the Irish).

noncog

French Canadian
French Canadian#Adjective

(Canada, US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.

(ice hockey) A member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.


Canuck

en-adj

Canuck (comparative more Canuck, superlative most Canuck)

more Canuck (comparative)
most Canuck (superlative)

(ice hockey) Of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

Canucks-joukkueen

of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team


muffin

→ Chinese: 瑪芬 /玛芬 (mǎfēn)

→ Danish: muffin

→ Esperanto: mafino

→ Finnish: muffini, muffinssi, muffinsi

→ French: muffin

→ German: Muffin

→ Japanese: マフィン (mafin)

→ Korean: 머핀 (meopin)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: muffins

→ Polish: muffin

→ Portuguese: muffin

→ Russian: ма́ффин (máffin)

→ Swedish: muffins

→ Yiddish: מאָפֿין (mofin)

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”).

gl

"small cake"; <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds">Muffen</i> (plural)

ncog

(ice hockey, slang) A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.


net minder

net minders (plural)
net-minder (alternative)
netminder (alternative)

(ice hockey) goalkeeper, player whose role it is to defend the goal


bully

en-noun

bully (countable and uncountable, plural bullies)

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy.
The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit.

onomatopoeic

expressive

(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.


crosscheck

crosschecks (plural)
cross check (alternative)

(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.


crosscheck

en-verb

crosscheck (third-person singular simple present crosschecks, present participle crosschecking, simple past and past participle crosschecked)

crosschecks (present singular third-person)
crosschecking (participle present)
crosschecked (participle past)
crosschecked (past)
cross-check (alternative)
cross check (alternative)

(ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.


checking

en-noun

checking (countable and uncountable, plural checkings)

(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.


face-off

face-offs (plural)
faceoff (alternative)
face off (alternative)

(ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee


deke

Canadian English, a contraction of decoy.

Puck carriers will often use the blade of the hockey stick in timing a deke or fake (if one is used) to get around an opponent.

1971, Gerald A. Walford, Ice hockey: an illustrated guide for coaches:

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.


deke

en-verb

deke (third-person singular simple present dekes, present participle deking, simple past and past participle deked)

dekes (present singular third-person)
deking (participle present)
deked (participle past)
deked (past)

The advantage is with the shooter from fifteen to twenty feet, but if you notice a weakness, you may want to fake a shot and "deke" to goalie.

1968, Ira Gitler, Make the Team in Ice Hockey:

"Deke!" Joe would shout hoarsely. "You deke with your shoulder. Drop it like you were going that way!"

1973, R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls:

Andrelton Simmons dekes out Carlos Correa to get him in a rundown, which eventually ends with Jose Altuve being tagged out at home.

(ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.


puck bunny

puck bunnies (plural)
puck-bunny (alternative)
puckbunny (alternative)

Combination of the phrases snow bunny (compare bunny hill), Playboy bunny and puck (“an object used in the game of hockey”).

Every once in awhile ^([sic]) the stories would make there ^([sic]) way around the league about some puck bunny getting pregnant...

2002, Michael David Lannan, The Empty Net:

These young women say they are "'proud as punch' to have sex with the jock," because this will "entitle the puck bunny to 'bragging rights'"...

2002, Michael A Messner, Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports:

She wasn't a puck bunny. After twenty years in the NHL, he could identify a hockey groupie a mile away.

2005, Rachel Gibson, The Trouble with Valentine's Day:

(slang, ice hockey) A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians.


steal

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Compare West Frisian stelle, Low German stehlen, Dutch stelen, German stehlen, Danish stjæle, Swedish stjäla, Norwegian Bokmål stjele, Norwegian Nynorsk stela, Sanskrit स्तेय (steya); see below for more.
For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”).
etymology notes
Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include
* Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”)
* Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“I confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”)
* Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"

cog

(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.


headhunter

headhunters (plural)
head hunter (alternative)

→ German: Headhunter m

He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

(ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.


jailbreak

jailbreaks (plural)
jail break (alternative)

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(ice hockey) A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores.


jailbreak

en-verb

jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)

jailbreaks (present singular third-person)
jailbreaking (participle present)
jailbroke (past)
jailbroken (participle past)

(ice hockey) To score while short-handed in a league with the "jailbreak" rule.


enforcer

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.


penalty shootout

en-noun

penalty shootout (plural penalty shootouts)

penalty shootouts (plural)
penalty shoot-out (alternative)

This was an eighth game without defeat, penalty shootouts aside, over Hodgson's brief tenure but, by the end, this whole occasion had been stripped of any competitive nature.

2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:

(soccer, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.


goal line

(ice hockey) the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.


body check

(sports) A move in ice hockey or lacrosse in which a player impedes another with his body

medical practitioner
medical practitioner

(Hong Kong) A general health checkup performed by a medical practitioner.


one-time

en-verb

one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)

one-times (present singular third-person)
one-timing (participle present)
one-timed (participle past)
one-timed (past)

Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech.

2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):

(soccer, ice hockey) To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.


shootout

shootouts (plural)
shoot-out (alternative)

(ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.


hockey stick

(Canada, US, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.

The game itself, though played by men, was probably meant to enact a mediation of the opposites of male and female, with a circular puck being the feminine symbol and the phallic hockey stick being the masculine symbol.

(British, field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.


hooking

en-noun

hooking (countable and uncountable, plural hookings)

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.


sin bin

sin bins (plural)
sin-bin (alternative)
sinbin (alternative)

From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.

Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”

1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27:

Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.

2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, page 46:

2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin.

(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.

jäähyaitio

sports: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play

penalty box

area for confinement of players while suspended

Punishment can be positive or negative, but both decrease the chances of the behaviour recurring. Positive punishment adds something unpleasant: yelling at the cat, for example. Negative punishment removes something pleasant: your company, for example, by putting the cat in the sin bin (see Chapter 9).

2001, Kersti Seksel, Training Your Cat, page 33:

Where habitual offenders remain, we can be sure that any sin-bin will not be populated by members of any one racial group alone.

2004, Richard Giles, Creating Uncommon Worship: Transforming the Liturgy of the Eucharist, page 88:

2004, Allison James, Adrian James, Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice, Palgrave MacMillan, 130,
As the pupils who would be the occupants of the sin-bins would not be counted as having been excluded from schools - being simply rehoused within them - the Government′s policy to cut the number of permanent school exclusions would remain intact, while the complaints made by teachers could also be addressed.

2004, John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, Volume 2: The Iron Lady, page 214,
She was obliged to leave him in the sin-bin for four years.

(figurative) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.

(UK, education, colloquial) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.

1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, page 70,
There′s a shag rug on the floor, padding on walls and ceiling, and, for extra comfort, a 600-gallon water bed. The Sin Bin is made by Chinook Mobilodge.

1978 March, Jim Elder, Camp/work conversion, Popular Mechanics, page 110,
There is the shag-carpet “sin bin” with its fur upholstery, mahogany paneling, stained glass, color TV and chrome sidepipes.

1986 January, A Family Affair, Popular Mechanics, page 86,
Unlike the full-size Sin Bins of the ′70s, the new family vans are cute, comfortable and carlike.

(US, Australia, colloquial) Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.


sin bin

en-verb

sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)

sin bins (present singular third-person)
sin binning (participle present)
sin binned (participle past)
sin binned (past)
sin-bin (alternative)
sinbin (alternative)

(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

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sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule


green card

(field hockey) A warning card, given to a player for an infraction of the rules. A further infraction may warrant a yellow card or red card.


attacking zone

(ice hockey) From one team's point of view, the area between the blue line of the other team's half of the rink and the end board behind the other team's goal.


defending zone

(ice hockey) The zone between the blue line and the end board in a team's own end of the rink. The same area is the attacking zone for the opposing team.


end board

end boards (plural)
endboard (alternative)

(ice hockey) A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,


offensive zone

(ice hockey) The ice between the opposing team's blue line and their end board.


defensive zone

(ice hockey) The ice between a team's own blue line and its end board.


faceoff

(ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey.


faceoff spot

(ice hockey) One of the five spots in an ice hockey rink where play may begin.


power play

power plays (plural)
powerplay (alternative)
power-play (alternative)

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(ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.


penalty kill

(ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.


headhunt

headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)

headhunts (present singular third-person)
headhunting (participle present)
headhunted (participle past)
headhunted (past)
head-hunt (alternative)

(ice hockey, transitive) To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.


street hockey

(British) An informal kind of hockey (field hockey) played on a quiet street.

(Canada, US) An informal version of hockey (ice hockey) played on a quiet street, with a ball instead of a puck.


field hockey

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A form of hockey played on a grassed pitch with a hard rubber ball instead of a puck.


two-line pass

(ice hockey) A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.


end zone

(field hockey) the portion of the rink behind the goal line.


back line

(field hockey) The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field.


EN

en-noun

EN (countable and uncountable, plural ENs)

(ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net.


drop the gloves

en-verb

drop the gloves (third-person singular simple present drops the gloves, present participle dropping the gloves, simple past and past participle dropped the gloves)

drops the gloves (present singular third-person)
dropping the gloves (participle present)
dropped the gloves (participle past)
dropped the gloves (past)

From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights.

Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard dropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too.

2007 March 27, Mike Brophy, “Getting rid of the goons”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2008-10-14:

(Canada and US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.


red line

(ice hockey) The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.


high-sticking

(ice hockey) A penalized action in the sport of ice hockey where a player knowingly or inadvertently raises (the hand-grip part of) his stick above shoulder level.


dump out

dump out (third-person singular simple present dumps out, present participle dumping out, simple past and past participle dumped out)

dumps out (present singular third-person)
dumping out (participle present)
dumped out (participle past)
dumped out (past)

(transitive, ice hockey, of a defensive player) To gain control of the puck and shoot it into the neutral zone.


hockey puck

(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.


hockey bag

(ice hockey) A large bag for all the equipment of a hockey player: hockey skates, hockey stick, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmet, puck, etc.


hockey tape

(ice hockey) fabric tape used to wrap the hockey blade of a hockey stick


hip check

(ice hockey) a maneuver performed by an ice hockey player to take another player out of the play; a maneuver whereby the performer uses his hip to crash into another player, to check their movement


hip check

hip check (third-person singular simple present hip checks, present participle hip checking, simple past and past participle hip checked)

hip checks (present singular third-person)
hip checking (participle present)
hip checked (participle past)
hip checked (past)


cross check

cross check (third-person singular simple present cross checks, present participle cross checking, simple past and past participle cross checked)

cross checks (present singular third-person)
cross checking (participle present)
cross checked (participle past)
cross checked (past)


hockey net

(ice hockey) a goal cage that contains the scoring zone where the hockey puck must enter to score a goal


goal judge

(ice hockey) an ice hockey official who judges whether pucks enter the net and sits directly behind the goal, triggering a red light and siren when a goal is scored.


slap shot

slap shots (plural)
slapshot (alternative)

(ice hockey) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power.


Hab

(ice hockey) A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.


wrist shot

That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.

(ice hockey) A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.


rag the puck

rag the puck (third-person singular simple present rags the puck, present participle ragging the puck, simple past and past participle ragged the puck)

rags the puck (present singular third-person)
ragging the puck (participle present)
ragged the puck (participle past)
ragged the puck (past)

So confident and serene were the Red Wings that despite have several opportunities to attempt empty-netters from their own end, they opted to coolly rag the puck in the neutral zone.

2002 September 11, “Blues frustrated again by Detroit efficiency”, in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 2008-05-12:

(ice hockey) To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time.


stickhandle

stickhandle (third-person singular simple present stickhandles, present participle stickhandling, simple past and past participle stickhandled)

stickhandles (present singular third-person)
stickhandling (participle present)
stickhandled (participle past)
stickhandled (past)

Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.

2008 April 17, Dave Stubbs, “Lots of life left in Bruins”, in The Gazette, Montreal, retrieved 2008-05-13:

(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.


stickhandling

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) Skillful manipulation of the puck or ball with a player's stick, allowing the player to maintain control of the puck or ball.


empty-net goal

empty-net goals (plural)
empty net goal (alternative)

Malik added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left on a length-of-the-ice shot.

2001 February 19, “Carolina close in on Bruins”, in BBC Sport Online, retrieved 2008-05-14:

(ice hockey) A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.


empty-netter

empty-netters (plural)
empty netter (alternative)


empty netter

(ice hockey) Alternative spelling of empty-netter


penalty goal

(ice hockey, soccer, rugby) A goal scored from a penalty.


goaltending

(ice hockey) The activity of a goaltender.


goaltend

goaltend (third-person singular simple present goaltends, present participle goaltending, simple past and past participle goaltended)

goaltends (present singular third-person)
goaltending (participle present)
goaltended (participle past)
goaltended (past)

(ice hockey) To act as a goaltender, to tend goal, to mind the nets.


NHLer

(ice hockey) Someone who plays ice hockey in the NHL.


netminding

He said he would make sure the Hall's selection committee included women, academics, legislators and representatives from across the republic rather than just Prague -- an approach as unorthodox as his Slinky-for-a-spine netminding style.

2009 January 11, Jeff Z. Klein, Stu Hackel, “Canucks Are Bolstered With Arrival of Sundin”, in New York Times:

(ice hockey, field hockey) goalkeeping, goaltending


outskate

outskate (third-person singular simple present outskates, present participle outskating, simple past and past participle outskated)

outskates (present singular third-person)
outskating (participle present)
outskated (participle past)
outskated (past)

“Jeremy outskated him right after he skated well,” Abbott’s coach, Tom Zakrajsek, said of Abbott’s short program after Lysacek’s strong performance.

2009 January 24, Juliet Macur, “Weir and Lysacek Find Company at the Top”, in New York Times:

(ice hockey, skating, transitive) To skate better than.


Gordie Howe hat trick

en-noun

Gordie Howe hat trick (plural Gordie Howe hat tricks)

From Gordie Howe + hat trick.
Named for Gordie Howe (1928-2016), considered one of the all-time best ice hockey players, but known for his tendency to fight.

"Basil got a ‘Gordie Howe hat trick’," Dave Gagner said. "He scored a goal, got an assist on the winner and got into a fight. A hell of a fight!"

1989 December 17, “North Stars Snap Road Slump 4-3”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press, retrieved 2013-09-21:

"Last February against Anaheim," Severyn said . . . "I got a Gordie Howe hat trick that night. You know, a goal, a fight and an assist."

1996 November 23, Rick Sadowski, “Severyn has starring role as AVs trip up Islanders”, in Rocky Mountain News, retrieved 2013-09-21:

The assist came in the first period. . . . The goal came later in the first. . . . Then in the third, to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick, the fight just happened, said Milan Lucic.

2010 October 20, Fluto Shinzawa, “Lucic settles a score and Bruins capitalize”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 2013-09-21:

(Canada and US, ice hockey) The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight, within a single game.

Gordie Howe
Gordie Howe hat trick
en:Gordie Howe


special team

(ice hockey) A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal.


cannonading

en-adj

cannonading (comparative more cannonading, superlative most cannonading)

more cannonading (comparative)
most cannonading (superlative)

(ice hockey) A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot


forecheck

en-verb

forecheck (third-person singular simple present forechecks, present participle forechecking, simple past and past participle forechecked)

forechecks (present singular third-person)
forechecking (participle present)
forechecked (participle past)
forechecked (past)

Moore said Lemaire used centres more like third defencemen, while Leaf coach Ron Wilson likes his centres to forecheck.

2009 January 28, Kevin McGran, “Leafs' call-up Justin Pogge overwhelmed on Wild night”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) To pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team.


forecheck

(ice hockey) An instance of pressuring the puck carrier for the opposing team.


hit-out

hit-outs (plural)
hitout (alternative)
hit out (alternative)

(sports, field hockey) A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.


backcheck

backcheck (third-person singular simple present backchecks, present participle backchecking, simple past and past participle backchecked)

backchecks (present singular third-person)
backchecking (participle present)
backchecked (participle past)
backchecked (past)

Any time you've got a guy who can score 63 goals, let him, and find someone else to backcheck.

1984, Walter Gretzky, Charles Taylor, Jim Taylor, Gretzky : from the Back Yard Rink to the Stanley Cup, page 128:

(transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.

2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 81:
A smart defensive player knows when to backcheck the puck carrier and when to backcheck to cover an open player.
Hockey has no greater test of your heart and intensity than your willingness to backcheck, particularly at the end of a sustained attack when the other team has suddenly come up with the puck and you are feeling exhausted.

1994, Jack Falla, Hockey: Learn to Play the Modern Way, page 134:

It’s been a real team effort, a commitment to defense and backchecking by everybody.

2007 March 26, Lynn Zinser, “Rangers Stay Cool in Another Pressure-Filled Win”, in New York Times:

(intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal.


blueliner

From blue + liner, after blue line in hockey.

On Saturday, hard-luck blueliner Mike Van Ryn was blasted into the end boards by Montreal forward Max Pacioretty and isn't expected to be available for a week or perhaps longer with a lower body injury.

2009 February 9, Damien Cox, “Leafs struggle to patch up blue line”, in Toronto Star:


wrister

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The opening goal, a wrister by Cal Clutterbuck over Pogge's shoulder from 30 feet out, was certainly one he'd like back.

(ice hockey) A wrist shot, a shot made primarily with a wrist motion


centreman

centremen (plural)
centerman (alternative)

Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.

2009 January 25, Sarah Barmak Special to the Star, “Worshipping a tiny, perfect, occasionally bloody game”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey, Australian rules football) The player in the position of centre.


face off

(sports, chiefly ice hockey) The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.


bleu, blanc et rouge

bleu (canonical)
blanc (canonical)
et rouge (canonical)

From French bleu, blanc et rouge (literally “blue, white and red”).

der

Nashville Predators Voice Pete Weber says of hockey's bleu, blanc et rouge, “Montreal Canadiens fans care too much.”

2012, Curt Smith, Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV:

Hitting the NHL during the 1985–86 season, he not only debuted in the famed bleu, blanc, et rouge but guided the squad to Lord Stanley's Cup.

2015, Jon Waldman, He Shoots, He Saves: The Story of Hockey's Collectable Treasures:

(Quebec, ice hockey) The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club.


power forward

(ice hockey) A forward who is capable of both rugged physical play and scoring goals.


offwing

The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.

1980, Gerald Eskenazi, Miracle on ice, page 16:

If they have the ability, it is recommended players play their offwing, e.g., right-handed shots play left-side positions ( P1, P2, P4).

It would require moving Nylander to his offwing on the left, from which he can be lethal with his shot.

2019, Wilbert Timmermans, “Toronto Maple Leafs: Solving the John Tavares Conundrum”, in Fansided:

(field hockey or ice hockey) The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.


goal area

(ice hockey) A semicircle in front of the goal designed to allow the goalie to perform free from interference. Exact rules vary according to the league.

àrea de porteria

ice hockey: semicircle in front of the goal


between the pipes

A shutout performance calls for a brilliant display between the pipes and Bill was right on the job.

1927 March 12, “Burghs Back In Race for Eastern Hockey Title”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 2009-12-26:

[T]he Finns might just have the best goaltending in the 12-team tournament.

2009, Shawn P. Roarke, "Finland's biggest strength is between the pipes," www.nhl.com (National Hockey League), 19 Feb. (retrieved 26 Dec. 2009)

(ice hockey, lacrosse, idiomatic) Between the goalposts; with respect to or playing the position of goaltender.


CHL

(Canada, ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Hockey League.

(Europe, ice hockey) Initialism of Champions Hockey League.

(ice hockey) Initialism of Central Hockey League.


hockey skate

(ice hockey) A type of ice skate used in ice hockey, with a smooth skate blade attached to a skate boot via two pillars, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot.


hockeyer

Borrowed from French hockeyeur or Dutch hockeyer.

Be glad that hockeyers seem to be still allowed Pj!

1996 October 6, Pluised by Own, “Bear Hunt Update”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

Feh! Try rushing your 400 pounds of brute meat on a REAL* hockey player... If he manage to not break his skull by falling on the ice, we'll see if he can survive the fully trained warrior that is a hockeyer having dropped the gloves ;P

1998 June 27, Alain Cislaghi, “WOMEN!!!! (just another rant)”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

To me, nickname (Spring)boks is referring to any South African national team. The hockeyers are often referred to as Springboks, as well as the cricketers.

1999 December 6, Mees Roelofs, “Springbok Jersey”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

(non-native speakers' English) A hockey player.


puck-handling

puck handling (alternative)
puckhandling (alternative)

Dazzling puck handling by the visitors, but college men break up swift attacks. [headline]

1921 March 12, Boston Daily Globe, page 6:

[…] Flyers dominated the game with superior skating, checking, passing and puck-handling.

1965 May 15, Kingston Whig-Standard, page 9:

(ice hockey) The ability to control the puck; stickhandling.


Broad Street Bullies

From the location of home ice, the hockey rink "The Spectrum" on Broad Street, and their style of play, reminiscent of bullying.

(ice hockey, Canada, US, dated) nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s era


Battle of Alberta

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames teams of the NHL


Frozen Four

(ice hockey, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(ice hockey, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.

These two teams have an amazing number of Frozen Fours between them.

(ice hockey, US, informal) An appearance in the Frozen Four.


forechecker

He was the greatest forechecker the team had ever seen.


skate over

en-verb

skate over (third-person singular simple present skates over, present participle skating over, simple past and past participle skated over)

skates over (present singular third-person)
skating over (participle present)
skated over (participle past)
skated over (past)

(ice hockey) To defeat convincingly; trounce.


Battle of Quebec

From being a rivalry where the two rivals are located in the province of Quebec.

(ice hockey, Canada) competition between the Montreal Canadiens of Montreal and Quebec Nordiques of Quebec City in the NHL from 1979–80 to 1994–95.


Battle of Ontario

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators NHL teams


WJHC

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Junior Hockey Championships. — the world IIHF under-20 championship for ice hockey.


penalty corner

(field hockey) a particular penalty awarded against the defending team in certain circumstances


snap shot

The other maior shot is the snap shot. It is like a cousin of the wrist shot. It is a little faster than the wrist shot and requires less movement with the stick.

2014, Chris Peters, Girls' Hockey, →ISBN, page 15:

(field hockey or ice hockey) A quick shot executed by moving the stick parallel to the ground and ending with a snap of the wrist.


sin-bin

Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.

2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:


sin-bin

sin-bin (third-person singular simple present sin-bins, present participle sin-binning, simple past and past participle sin-binned)

sin-bins (present singular third-person)
sin-binning (participle present)
sin-binned (participle past)
sin-binned (past)

That is how it stayed until the break and just when Wales needed to keep their composure, tight-head prop Mitchell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck and Flood kicked the penalty.

2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:

The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.

2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:

(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.


LAK

(ice hockey) Initialism of Los Angeles Kings.


puck palace

It was easily the most spirited battle of speed and brawn offered in the Detroit puck palace this winter.

1936 December 21, Vern DeGeer, “Wings Beat Bruins 4-3”, in Windsor Daily Star, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 3:

However, a new puck palace in the Manitoba capital could eventually have a connection with Calgary hockey.

1954 March 20, Gorde Hunter, “The Neutral Zone”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 34:

To see the utilitarian hockey center transformed into a puck palace similar to the Minnesota Wild's home ice should bring chills to even the most staid fans.

2008 July 6, Randy Krebs, “SCSU's plan deserves much praise”, in St. Cloud Times, USA, retrieved 2011-05-11, page B6:

(Canada, Northern US, ice hockey, informal) An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped and state-of-the-art.


overskate

overskate (third-person singular simple present overskates, present participle overskating, simple past and past participle overskated)

overskates (present singular third-person)
overskating (participle present)
overskated (participle past)
overskated (past)

Boyle’s goal, which came after Rangers defenseman Jason Strudwick overskated the puck behind the net to give the Kings an easy pass out front, came 13 minutes 8 seconds into the first period.

2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times:

(transitive, ice hockey) To skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.


long corner

(field hockey) A free hit taken from by the opposing team's corner flag, after the defending team has hit the ball behind the back line.


kitty bar the door

They played kitty bar the door and won 1-0.

(chiefly ice hockey) Very defensively; so as to prevent opponents from scoring.


SJS

(ice hockey) Initialism of San Jose Sharks.


IIHF

/ˈdʌb.əɫˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

/aɪˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

(sports, ice hockey) Initialism of International Ice Hockey Federation.


shot clock

(ice hockey) A counter of the total shots on net for a team in a game; or average shots on net per unit time for a game.


Rangers

(ice hockey) The team New York Rangers, located in New York City.


goal suck

From goal + suck (“self-pitying person”, noun).

A chicken is often called a “goal suck”, a “one way player” or a “cherry picker” during the course of his deviant career. These three types all involve an emphasis on scoring goals and avoiding situations and places on the ice where physical confrontations are likely to occur.

1983, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Proceedings, page 14:

His team mates called him a goal-suck, but were pleased that he was.

1993, Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada - Issues 9-10, page 9:

Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.

1999, Andrew Podnieks, The Great One: The Life and Times of Wayne Gretzky, page 1:

Included with each CD was a ballot, which the Hansons asked people to sign and return, boosting Williams for the Hall ahead of “some of those fancy-schmancy, no-hitting prima-donna whining millionaire goal sucks.”

2009, Don Weekes, The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia, Vancouver: Greystone Books, page 76:

He was seen as an out-of-shape goal suck capable of only one thing: flinging the puck into the net every few games.

2016 June 7, James Mirtle, “Phil Kessel's playoff performance is proof he was fine in Toronto”, in The Globe and Mail:

(derogatory ice hockey slang) A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.


goal-suck

goal-suck (third-person singular simple present goal-sucks, present participle goal-sucking, simple past and past participle goal-sucked)

goal-sucks (present singular third-person)
goal-sucking (participle present)
goal-sucked (participle past)
goal-sucked (past)

[p 77] But the essential rules were the same everywhere: no goal-sucking, no raising, unless whoever’s younger brother was stuck in goal was also foolish enough to wear shin-pads, no long shots, no throwing your stick to stop a breakaway.
[p 88] Forwards lurked near their opponents’ line and called for the puck by banging their sticks on the ice until someone hollered goal-sucking.
[p 238] Old rules came back. Anderson threw his stick along the ice at a breaking-away Semenko—how graceful he looked from this perspective!—and Semenko was awarded an automatic goal. Driscoll was called for goal-sucking.

1981, Peter Gzowski, The Game of Our Lives, Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House Publishing, published 2004:

[p 63] goal-sucking [i.e., waiting near the opponent’s goal for a long pass and ensuing scoring opportunity]
[p 64] In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains. [. . .] ‘Goal-sucking’ is banned because there are neither offsides nor referees to judge them.

2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature, Toronto: University of Toronto Press:

For a second Charlie was tempted to goal suck and look for the stretch pass.

2012, David Skuy, Game Time: Overtime, →ISBN, page 181:

Wound up with nothing to show for his night except a well-deserved -1 in the dying seconds when he was goal-sucking out at the blueline for an empty netter while his man slipped into the slot to narrow the lead to one.

2013 March 17, Bruce McCurdy, “Edmonton Oilers player grades — Oil's 3-2 win over Preds no beauty, but 2 points are 2 points”, in Edmonton Journal:

(derogatory, ice hockey, slang, intransitive) To loiter near the opposing net, hoping to score an easy goal.


suicide pass

Deriving from the likelihood of being checked off the play and losing possession of the puck, being a suicidal act in puck possession.

(ice hockey) a pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of opposition players further up-ice, allowing the passee to be checked from a blind spot


hash mark

hash marks (plural)
hashmark (alternative)

(ice hockey) One of the parallel lines on either side of the face-off circles.


Original Six

(ice hockey) The six oldest National Hockey League franchises still in existence (Blackhawks, Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Red Wings)


TBL

Tampa Bay Lightning
w:Tampa Bay Lightning

(ice hockey) Initialism of Tampa Bay Lightning.


cross-check

cross-check (third-person singular simple present cross-checks, present participle cross-checking, simple past and past participle cross-checked)

cross-checks (present singular third-person)
cross-checking (participle present)
cross-checked (participle past)
cross-checked (past)

(ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.


EPL

English Premier League
w:English Premier Ice Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of English Premier League.


puckstopping

He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.

2009 February 20, Damien Cox, “Valuable learning experience for young Pogge”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) The state of being a goalkeeper


puckhandler

He was a great goaltender but a poor puckhandler.

Even the defencemen, most of whom are smart, mobile puckhandlers, pinch in more often.

2009 April 7, Paul Hunter, “Devils aim to exorcise demons”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.


stickhandler

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.


five-hole

five-holes (plural)
five hole (alternative)
5 hole (alternative)

From traditional ice hockey instruction on shooting and scoring at the hockey net goal and goalie, where the fifth target is the central space underneath the goaltender.

(ice hockey) The space between a goaltender's legs.


go five-hole

go five-hole (third-person singular simple present goes five-hole, present participle going five-hole, simple past went five-hole, past participle gone five-hole)

goes five-hole (present singular third-person)
going five-hole (participle present)
went five-hole (past)
gone five-hole (participle past)

(ice hockey) To shoot the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs.


one-timer

(soccer, ice hockey) A shot, made from a teammate's pass, which is not stopped before shooting.


field hockey player

en-noun

field hockey player (plural field hockey players)

One who plays field hockey, especially professionally.


WCH

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Cup of Hockey.


QHL

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of QMJHL. (Quebec Hockey League)

CHL

Canadian Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

WHL

Western Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

OHL

Ontario Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league


penalty shot

(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


CBJ

CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension.

2018, TSN staff, CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension, TSN

WPG 1 @ CBJ 2 (OT)

2017, Micah Blake McCurdy, WPG 1 at 2 CBJ (OT), HockeyViz:

Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse.

2018, Associated Press, Tortorella: Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse, canoe.com

Columbus Blue Jackets
w:Columbus Blue Jackets

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Columbus Blue Jackets.


skate one's lane

en-verb

skate one's lane (third-person singular simple present skates one's lane, present participle skating one's lane, simple past and past participle skated one's lane)

skates one's lane (present singular third-person)
skating one's lane (participle present)
skated one's lane (participle past)
skated one's lane (past)

Wings should skate their lanes and not go roaming about the ice.

1971, Mark Mulvoy, Ice Hockey, →ISBN, page 48:

When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should be skating his lane.

1976, Kevin Walsh, Hockey for beginners, →ISBN, page 60:

Their coach, Ray Preston, was a screamer; he yelled at them to cover their man or skate their lanes.

1990, John Smolens, Winter by Degrees, →ISBN, page 25:

(ice hockey) To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.


NYI

Apr 7, NYI (35-47) beat DET, 4-3 OT.

2018, unknown, 2017-18 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics, Hockey Reference

Tor 5, NYI 4

2018, Steve Dangle, LFR11 - Game 78 - Brooklyn Barbecued - Tor 5, NYI 4, Sportsnet

NYI (25-20-5) at VGK (32-12-4)

2018, unknown, “New York Islanders at Vegas Golden Knights - Box Score”, in Fox Sports:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Islanders.


NYR

NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February.

2018, TSN staff, NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February, TSN

Quinn informs BU he's taking NYR job.

2018, unknown, New York Rangers, Rotoworld:

Jesper Fast selected as recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd year in a row.

2018, unknown, Jesper Fast Selected as Recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd Year in a Row, KO Sports

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Rangers.


VGK

He let VGK defenseman Shea Theodore have the passing lane that Theodore used to get the puck through a lot of bodies to an open Tomas Nosek.

2018, Alex Kushner, Eric Stephen, “The Golden Knights beat the Capitals in a dramatic Stanley Cup Game 1”, in SB Nation:

Game 1: Winnipeg 4, VGK 2

2018, TC Martin, “VGK Best in the West, Stanley Cup Finals Next”, in Las Vegas Sports Network:

NHL Playoff Appearances: 28 (WAS) vs. 1 (VGK)

2018, Cam Ellis, “2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2018 Tale of the Tape: Washington D.C. vs Las Vegas”, in NBC Sports:

Vegas Golden Knights
w:Vegas Golden Knights

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Vegas Golden Knights.


NJD

Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD.

2018, BarDown staff, Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD, BarDown

Yegor Yakovlev signed a 1 year $925,000 contract with New Jersey (NJD).

2018, unknown, New Jersey Devils 2018 Salary Cap Table, Spotrac

2018, Justin Blades, 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: NJD vs. TBL, CBJ vs. WSH, TOR vs. BOS
NJD vs. TBL

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Eeli Tolvanen (NSH), Rasmus Sandin (TOR), Ty Smith (NJD), Adam Boqvist (CHI), Denis Gurianov (DAL), ...

2019 October 1, “NHL Trophy Talk: 31 Calder Candidates”, in The Hockey Writers:

(see title)

2019 October 6, “Sabres' Jack Eichel: Goal and assist vs. NJD”, in CBS Sports:

Travis Zajac – Passed Scott Niedermayer for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 893 (Feb. 7, 2019 vs. NYI).

2019 October 11, “DEVILS SATURDAY: New Jersey visits Boston (MSG, 7 pm)”, in Times Herald-Record:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New Jersey Devils.


roller sledge hockey

(field hockey or ice hockey) A parasport, an adapted form of roller hockey, and a floor version of (ice) sledge hockey, where disabled athletes rid atop roller sledges (roller sleds), and propel themselves with a pair of roller sledge hockey sticks, that function as canes/"walking sticks" and hockey sticks. Various variants of roller sledge hockey use different configurations of wheels.


emergency goalie

en-noun

emergency goalie (plural emergency goalies)

(ice hockey) A goaltender who will play for either team in the case that their goalies are unable to play.


goalieing

(ice hockey, rare, colloquial) goalkeeping


toe drag

The toe drag is an excellent way to control and protect the puck when moving around defenders. It is a fine motor skill maneuver that is exciting to watch when executed by the pros.

(ice hockey) A deke in which a player uses the toe of their stick to drag the puck back towards themselves and out of a defender's reach.


toe drag

en-verb

toe drag (third-person singular simple present toe drags, present participle toe dragging, simple past and past participle toe dragged)

toe drags (present singular third-person)
toe dragging (participle present)
toe dragged (participle past)
toe dragged (past)


spinorama

spinoramas (plural)
spinarama (alternative)
spin-o-rama (alternative)

From spin + -orama. A "Gallivanism" coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan.

(ice hockey) The action of spinning a full turn while skating with the puck, in order to protect it from opponents.


TOI

en-noun

TOI (countable and uncountable, plural TOIs)

(ice hockey statistics) Icetime; Abbreviation of time on ice.


icetime

(ice hockey, ice skating) Time spent on the ice rink.


overager

(ice hockey) A player who is older than the maximum age permitted in a junior league.


NJAC

(Canada, ice hockey) Abbreviation of national junior A championship.

(Canada, ice hockey) Abbreviation of national junior A champion.


stand on one's head

en-verb

stand on one's head (third-person singular simple present stands on one's head, present participle standing on one's head, simple past and past participle stood on one's head)

stands on one's head (present singular third-person)
standing on one's head (participle present)
stood on one's head (participle past)
stood on one's head (past)

(idiomatic, ice hockey, soccer) Of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.


black ace

At one time or another every Springfield player was designated a "black ace." According to Kilrea, that meant reporting to the rink at 8:30 in the morning and skating from 9 to 11. Another session followed in the afternoon, from 12 to 2, and Shore would keep his ace, or aces, out on the ice sometimes until 4 P.M. All in the name of discipline.

1985, The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 16, page 210:

We'd have our morning skate and then I would have the black aces stay out, the guys that weren't gonna dress.

2011, Rob Simpson, Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs:

We spent a lot of time with the Habs as “black aces” —players who practised with the team as fifth-liners and wouldn't get into the lineup unless there was an injury to one of the veteran players.

2014, Terry Ryan, Tales of a First-Round Nothing: My Life as an NHL Footnote:

(ice hockey) A player from a junior league who is called up by an NHL team after their original team's season has ended and kept as a reserve player.


Gretzky

Fantasy camp is where would-be Gretzkies can skate with members of professional teams.

(ice hockey, figuratively) Ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky.


bully-off

(field hockey) A method of starting or restarting a game whereby two opposing players face off with the ball between them, clash sticks three times, and then attempt to be first to the ball.


bully off

bully off (third-person singular simple present bullies off, present participle bullying off, simple past and past participle bullied off)

bullies off (present singular third-person)
bullying off (participle present)
bullied off (participle past)
bullied off (past)

(field hockey) To begin or restart a game by means of a bully-off.


home ice

(ice hockey) The rink where a team usually plays


off-ice

They did some off-ice training.

(sports, ice hockey) Not taking place on ice.


Savardian

en-adj

Savardian (comparative more Savardian, superlative most Savardian)

more Savardian (comparative)
most Savardian (superlative)

From Savard + -ian. A "Gallivanism" coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan.

(ice hockey) Pertaining to Serge Savard or Denis Savard


backchecker

A smart player and talented backchecker, he worked the angles to get the best shot at his opponent and formed a formidable penalty-killing tandem with Dave Keon.

2021 January 25, “Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90”, in CBC:

One who backchecks; thus:
(ice hockey) A player who backchecks.

One who backchecks; thus:
A player who backchecks.


Triple Gold Club

(ice hockey) The group of players and coaches who have won the sport's three most important championships—the Olympics, the World Championships, and Stanley Cup.


RHF

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of Russian Hockey Federation.; the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация хоккея России, Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii)

Russian Hockey Federation

The national identifier for Russians in international ice hockey while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.


schlockey

Punning blend of schlocky + hockey. From being an inferior variant of ice hockey.

(Canada) A box game variant of ice hockey, for two players, with two blade-less "schtick" sticks, a puck, a wooden box with two, three, or five slotted dividers, representing pass/shot opposition for the (possible) middle divider(s), and the goal slots for the two end dividers.


WASL

Western Australian Super League
w:Western Australian Super League

(Australia, ice hockey) Initialism of Western Australian Super League.


minor penalty

minor penalties (plural)
minor (alternative)

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

(ice hockey) A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.


Detoilet

Yeah, that made a lot of sense, do you even know the story of his
injury faking in Buffalo? Did you even know he played in Buffalo? Did
you even know who he was before he came to Detoilet?

2003 May 22, Freedom Elz, “Hasek coming back?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.det-redwings (Usenet):

Wow, let's just call the engraver right here, right now! Why even bother to
play
the games, the cup is an automatic gimme for Detoilet right?

2008 January 20, Freedom Elz, “Another Publication rates them...”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

The Avs will win a cup before Detoilet does again. Our rebuilding has
started, yours is being patchworked with denial.

2009 September 30, Freedom Elz, “Anyone here going to honor our captain tomorrow?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ice hockey) The Detroit Red Wings.


IHL

International Hockey League
w:International Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of International Hockey League.


AHL

American Hockey League
w:American Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of American Hockey League.


KHL

Kontinental Hockey League
w:Kontinental Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Kontinental Hockey League.


OHL

Ontario Hockey League
w:Ontario Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Ontario Hockey League.


USHL

United States Hockey League
w:United States Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of United States Hockey League.


WCHL

Western Collegiate Hockey League
w:Western Collegiate Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Western Collegiate Hockey League.


QMJHL

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
w:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.


CJAHL

Canadian Junior Hockey League
w:Canadian Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Junior Hockey League.


backstick

(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.


face-off circle

en-noun

face-off circle (plural face-off circles)

(ice hockey) A dot in the centre of the ice; where the face-off takes place