Ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice Hockey is a team sport played on an ice rink in which players skate on ice skates while using a wooden stick to hit a rubber puck into the opposing team's goal. Hockey is a full contact sport and full body padding must be worn.

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forecheck

Sports; Ice hockey

to check or harass an opponent who has the puck in his defensive zone and keep the opponents in their end of the rink while trying to regain control of the puck; usually done by the forwards.

forehand

Sports; Ice hockey

a shot or pass taken from the right side of a right-handed player or from the left side of a left-handed player.

forward line or attacking line

Sports; Ice hockey

consists of two wings (right and left) and a center; these three players play nearer the opponents goal and are responsible for most of the scoring.

rush

Sports; Ice hockey

an individual or combined attack by a team in possession of the puck.

Adams Division

Sports; Ice hockey

with the Patrick Division made up the Wales Conference until the 1992-93 season; renamed the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference starting with the 1993-94 season.

All-Star Game

Sports; Ice hockey

a mid-season exhibition game pitting selected stars of North American origin against selected stars from the rest of the world; from 1969 to 1997, the game was played between representatives from the ...