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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Wash out

Sports; Ice hockey

A goal that is ruled invalid by the referee or the waving off of an infraction by the linesmen.

Western Conference

Sports; Ice hockey

The renamed Cambell Conference beginning with the 1993-94 season which contains the Central, Northwest and Pacific Divisions.

Wrist shot

Sports; Ice hockey

A shot made using a strong flicking of the wrist and forearm muscles, with the stick blade kept on the ice; it is slower but more accurate than a slap shot.

Zamboni

Sports; Ice hockey

The brand of machine used to clean the ice.

Zones

Sports; Ice hockey

Three areas made up by the two blue lines; the attacking zone is the area farthest from the goal a player is defending; the neutral zone is the central area; the defending zone is the area where a ...