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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Backcheck

Sports; Ice hockey

An attempt by a player, on his way back to his defensive zone, to regain the puck from the opposition by checking or harassing an opponent who has 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.

Attacking zone

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The area between the opponents blue line and their goal.

All-Star Game

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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 ...

Backhand shot

Sports; Ice hockey

A shot or pass made with the stick from the left side by a right-handed player or from the right side by a left-handed player.

Delayed penalty

Sports; Ice hockey

A penalty against a team that has only 4 players on the ice, assessed only when one of its players gets out of the penalty box.

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 penalise the non-offending team by stopping its ...