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Basic Hockey Terminology-Hockey 101
ASSIST: Point awarded to a player or players for helping set up a goal, usually the last two offensive players to handle the puck prior to a goal being scored are credited for assists.
BOARDS: The wooden and glass walls that surround the rink.
BODY CHECK: Using the hip or shoulder to impede the progress of an opponent who has the puck.
BREAKAWAY: A scoring opportunity that occurs when there are no defending players between the puck carrier and the opposing goaltender.
CHANGING ON THE FLY: Substitutions of players without a stoppage in play.
FACE-OFF: To initiate play, the puck is dropped between two opposing players who face each other.
FORECHECKING: Pressuring the opposition when they control the puck in the neutral or defensive zone.
HAT TRICK: Three goals scored by one player in a single game.
POWER PLAY: When a team has more players on the ice because of a penalty (or penalties) called against the opposing team.
PULL THE GOALIE: In an attempt to tie the score, a team trailing by one or more goals may take its goalie off the ice and send out an extra skater. This usually occurs in the closing minutes of a game.
SHORTHANDED: When a team is forced to play with fewer than six players because one or more have been sent to the penalty box.
SLAP SHOT: A sweeping motion with an accentuated back swing to shoot the puck (similar to a drive in golf).
WRIST SHOT: The motion of shooting with the puck directly against the blade of the stick.
THE "BASICS" and EXPLOSIVE SKATING
SKATING BACKWARDS and MAKING SAVES
SCORING GOALS Page 1 and 2
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