Ice Hockey

Of athletic game and contact sport.   May also be referred to as hockey and hockey game.

A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks.

This concept's ID is @1~2404

Play

  • assist 0 facts

    (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play.

  • icing 0 facts

    (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of...

Also contains

  • check 2 facts

    Obstructing an opponent in ice hockey.

  • stick 2 facts

    A long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can...

  • slapshot 0 facts

    A fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick.

  • hat trick 0 facts

    (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket...

  • penalty box 0 facts

    (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are...

  • center 0 facts

    (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team.

  • face-off 0 facts

    (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing...

  • game misconduct 0 facts

    (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows...

  • period 0 facts

    (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games.

  • power play 0 facts

    (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result...