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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cross-checking

Sports; Ice hockey

a minor penalty which occurs when a player holds his stick in both hands and drives the shaft into an opponent; a stick check where a player has both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on ...

dead puck

Sports; Ice hockey

a puck that flies out of the rink or that a player has caught in his hand.

defensive line

Sports; Ice hockey

consists of two defensemen.

defensive zone

Sports; Ice hockey

the zone or area nearest a teams goal (the goal they are defending).

deke or deking

Sports; Ice hockey

a decoying or faking motion by the puck-carrier; the art of making a defensive player think you are going to pass or move in a certain direction when you are not. There are shoulder dekes, stick ...

delayed penalty

Sports; Ice hockey

A delayed penalty occurs after a penalty is committed, but the offending team has not touched the puck. The referee does not blow the whistle to stop play until the offending team touches the puck, ...

delayed whistle or delayed call

Sports; Ice hockey

when an official raises his arm but does not blow his whistle, waiting to see the outcome of a play before calling a penalty; this is done so as not to penalize the non-offending team by stopping its ...