Ice hockey terminology

team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.

method of scoring in many sports

Group of National Hockey League teams

tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition

thumb|Goaltender Tyler Weiman makes a save with his stick. In casual hockey terms, it may simply be referred to as a "stick save". In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near the area in front of the net, called the goal crease (often referred to simply as the crease). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots. In the modern age of go

sports club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players

thumb|right|Ray Bourque, the highest-scoring defenceman in NHL history Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the last a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point.

instance of breaking of rules for the start of a competition or play

ice hockey rule

ice hockey position

defensive strategy in sports

basketball shot taken just before a clock expires

ice hockey position

penalty in ice hockey

thumb|A referee (center) drops the hockey puck|puck between [[Ryan Johansen (left) and Nicklas Bäckström for a face-off during a National Hockey League game between the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals in October 2018]] A face-off is the method used to begin and restart play after goals in some sports using sticks, primarily ice hockey, inline hockey, bandy, floorball, broomball, rinkball, and lacrosse.

ice hockey statistic summing a player's goals and assists

member of an ice hockey team

a pass to a player who scores a goal as a result of the pass in ice hockey

used to measure a player's impact on the game, represented by the difference between their team's total scoring versus their opponent's when the player is in the game

ice hockey position

Achievement of a goal, an assist, and a fight in ice hockey

ice hockey player known for their physicality and intimidating presence

period of play in which one team has a numerical advantage

point scoring in ice hockey

area where a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty

ice hockey rule

in ice hockey, a goal that occurs with no goaltender present

Christmas tradition

punishment for breaking the rules in ice hockey

the defence that each defender makes by marking an attacker

group of Soviet ice hockey players

defensive technique in ice hockey, disrupting or separating an opponent from the puck

thumb|200px|right|Shea Weber winding up for a slapshot

situation in ice hockey

individual achievement of fifty goals in a team's first fifty games in an NHL season

attempt to score a goal in ice hockey

a well-known football cliché

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ice hockey shooting tactic

ritual fight during a sporting match, especially ice hockey and baseball

goaltending technique in ice hockey

preventing a shot from entering the net