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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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Spearing
Sports; Ice hockey
A major penalty which occurs when a player illegally jabs, or even just attempts to jab, the point of his stick blade into another players body; one of the most serious infractions a player can ...
Stick deke
Sports; Ice hockey
When a players stick is moved as though for a shot, but instead the player moves the puck past the defending player; done to fake out the opponent.
Sudden-death overtime
Sports; Ice hockey
An overtime period that ends as soon as one team scores a goal, determining the winner and terminating the game.
Sweep cheque
Sports; Ice hockey
A cheque made by a player with one hand on the stick, and one knee so low it is practically on the ice, with the shaft and blade of the stick flat on the ice to take the puck away from an opponent.
Third-man-in rule
Sports; Ice hockey
The third man in a fight gets a game misconduct penalty and is out of the game for its duration; created to discourage players from jumping into a fight, even if they are only trying to break it up.
