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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Blind pass

Sports; Ice hockey

This is when a player passes the puck without looking.

Blue lines

Sports; Ice hockey

Two blue, 12-inch wide lines running parallel across the ice, each 60 feet from the goal; they divide the rink into three zones called the attacking, defending and neutral (or center) zones; ...

Boarding or board-checking

Sports; Ice hockey

A minor penalty which occurs when a player uses any method (body checking, elbowing or tripping) to throw an opponent violently into the boards; if an injury is caused, it becomes a major penalty.

Breaking pass

Sports; Ice hockey

A pass to a teammate who is trying for a breakaway.

Carom

Sports; Ice hockey

A rebound of the puck off the boards or any other object.

Boards or board wall

Sports; Ice hockey

A wooden or fibreglass wall 3 1/2 to 4 feet high which surrounds the rink to keep the puck and players from accidentally leaving the rink and injuring spectators; all rinks have shatterproof glass ...

Body cheque

Sports; Ice hockey

When a hockey player bumps or slams into an opponent with either his hip or shoulder (the only legal moves) to block his progress or throw him off-balance; it is only allowed against an opponent in ...