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| backcheck |
in hockey, to check (an opposing player) in the vicinity of one's own goal. (Cf. forecheck.) |
| ball girl |
a girl or young woman who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in field hockey or volleyball. |
| crease |
a special mark or marked area in a field game such as cricket or hockey. [1/6 definitions] |
| defenseman |
in the sports of hockey or lacrosse, a player or a team member who is assigned a position close to the goal in order to prevent the other team from scoring. |
| face-off |
in ice hockey, the initiation of play in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing team members who then contend for control of it. [1/2 definitions] |
| field hockey |
a form of hockey that is played with a small ball on a field, rather than with a puck on ice. |
| forecheck |
in hockey, to check (an opposing player) in the vicinity of the opponent's goal. (Cf. backcheck.) |
| goal |
in various sports such as hockey, football, and basketball, a structure through which one must hit, throw, or kick a ball or puck in order to score. [1/3 definitions] |
| goalkeeper |
the player who is responsible for defending his or her team's goal in soccer, hockey, lacrosse, and the like. |
| goalpost |
in other games such as soccer and hockey, either of the two upright posts at the front of the goal. [1/2 definitions] |
| goaltender |
on a team, a defensive position assigned to protect the goal, esp. in soccer, hockey, or lacrosse. |
| hockey |
a sport played on ice, in which two teams of six skating players each try to drive a puck into each other's goal using angled hockey sticks; ice hockey. [2 definitions] |
| ice |
in hockey, to shoot (the puck) from one's defensive zone across the end line of the opposing team's defensive zone. [1/12 definitions] |
| ice hockey |
see "hockey." |
| net1 |
something made of such a fabric, as in various sports such as tennis, basketball, hockey, and soccer. [1/6 definitions] |
| offside |
ahead of the ball or puck, or beyond the line or area prescribed by the rules of a sport such as hockey or football. |
| pad1 |
in sports such as hockey and football, any of various thick fabrications worn as protective equipment for elbows, knees, shoulders, and the like. [1/12 definitions] |
| penalty box |
an enclosure to the side of a hockey rink where penalized players must stay. |
| penalty shot |
in ice hockey, a free shot at the goal taken by a player from the four meter line after skating in from the center spot, usu. awarded when the opposing team has illegally prevented a goal. |
| power play |
a situation, as in hockey, in which one team is shorthanded because one or more players are in the penalty box. [1/3 definitions] |
| puck |
in ice hockey, the hard rubber disk that players try to hit into the net for goals. |
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