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Compiled by: Andrew Champion
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Ice Hockey: A Thesaurus of Terms
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction ------2
User’s Guide ------2
Terminology ------3
Sample Entry ------3
Bibliography ------4
Hierarchical Structure ------5
Alphabetical List ------9
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Introduction
This thesaurus of ice hockey terminology is intended to construct a controlled vocabulary that will provide those who have an interest in the sport, yet are relatively new to and unfamiliar with its intricacies, with a basic understanding of its fundamental aspects. The scope of this thesaurus is to cover the subject of ice hockey as it is currently played in the National Hockey
League and, with that in mind, the terms that make up its vocabulary were chosen in the compiler’s attempt to assemble the most commonly encountered rules, regulations, plays, and other terms that may occur during an NHL regulated game and as they are defined in associated rulebooks.
User’s Guide
This ice hockey vocabulary used in this thesaurus has been divided into a hierarchy consisting of seven principal categories: Equipment, Officials, Play, Players, Penalties,
Regulation, and Rink. A term’s position relative to those around it in the hierarchical structure is denoted by the number of hyphens that precede and indent it (e.g., the term “Goalie Mask” is preceded by three hyphens, which makes it a third level term falling under the second level term
“Goaltender Equipment”) and by the Broader Terms (BT) and Narrower Terms (NT) listed under a term’s entry in the alphabetical list. The headings of non-preferred terms are displayed in italics and list their respective preferred terms, which have boldfaced headings and should be used instead. Some terms are accompanied by illustrations that appear directly above their headings and can assist the user’s understanding of particular concepts by providing visual representations.
To further aid in the comprehension of the concepts described, the user should refer to the
Related Terms (RT) that are listed for an entry, as they can elaborate on how individual aspects
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of ice hockey may interact.
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Terminology
SN (Scope Note): Provides a definition for the entry term or specifies a restriction for the term’s
use in the hierarchy.
UF (Used For): Designates non-preferred terms that an entry term is used to represent.
USE: Designates the preferred term that should be used for a non-preferred term entry.
BT (Broader Term): Designates terms that have a more general meaning than the entry term and
that are placed above that term in the hierarchy.
NT (Narrower Term): Designates terms that a more specific meaning relative to the entry term
and that are placed below that term in the hierarchy.
RT (Related Term): Designates terms that are associated with the entry term, but may not be
directly linked to that term in the hierarchy.
Sample Entry
Zone SN: One of the three areas of the rink divided by the blue lines.
BT: Rink
NT: Attacking Zone Defensive Zone End Neutral Zone
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RT: Blue Line, Offside
Bibliography
Barber, K. (Ed.). (2004). The Canadian Oxford dictionary. Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press.
Considine, T. (1983). The language of sport. New York, NY: World Almanac Publications.
Fitzpatrick, J. (2010). Ice hockey rules. Retrieved from http://proicehockey.about.com/od/learnthegame/ig/Ice-Hockey-Rules/
Hanlon, T. W. (1998). The sports rules book. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
National Hockey League. (2010). National Hockey League official rules 2010-2011. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books.
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Hierarchical Display
Ice Hockey
-Equipment - -Goaltender Equipment - - -Catching Glove - - -Goalie Mask - - -Goaltender’s Stick - -Standard Equipment - - -Glove - - -Helmet - - -Hockey Skate - - -Hockey Stick - - - -Blade - - - -Butt - - - -Heel - -Puck
-Officials - -Off-ice Officials - - -Game Timekeeper - - -Goal Judge - - -Official Scorer - - -Penalty Timekeeper - -On-ice Officials - - -Linesman - - -Referee
-Penalties - -Goaltender’s Penalty - -Major Penalty - -Match Penalty - -Minor Penalty - - -Bench Minor - - -Double Minor - -Misconduct Penalty - - -Game Misconduct - - -Gross Misconduct
-Play - -Assist - -Breakaway - -Check - - -Board Check Champion 7
- - -Body Check - - -Hip Check - -Clear - -Deke - -Dump the Puck - -Empty Net - -Fan - -Freezing the Puck - -Hat Trick - -Pass - - -Clearing Pass - - -Drop Pass - - -Flat Pass - - -Flip Pass - - -Forehand Pass - - -Snap Pass - -Rebound - -Save - - -Flop - - -Glove Save - - -Kick Save - - -Stick Save - -Shot - - -Flip Shot - - -Floater - - -Forehand Shot - - -Penalty Shot - - -Shot on Goal - - -Slap Shot - - -Wrist Shot - -Stick Check - - -Hook Check - - -Poke Check - - -Sweep check
-Players - -Extra Attacker - -Moniker - - -Checker - - -Digger - - -Goon - - -Policeman - - -Puckhandler - -Position - - -Captain - - -Defenseman
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- - -Forward - - - -Center - - - -Wing - - -Goaltender - -Puck Carrier
-Regulation - -Faceoff - -Infraction - - -Charging - - -Elbowing - - -Hand Pass - - -Holding - - -Icing - - -Interference - - -Offside - - - -Delayed Offside - - - -Intentional Offside - - -Roughing - - -Slashing - - - -Butt-ending - - - -Cross Check - - - -High-stick - - - -Hooking - - - -Spearing - - -Tripping - -Period - - -Overtime - - -Shootout - - -Timeout - -Power Play - - -Full Strength - - -Man Advantage - - -Shorthanded - -Slow Whistle
-Rink - -Blue Line - -Boards - -Corner - -Faceoff Circle - - -Faceoff Spot - -Goal - - -Crossbar - - -Goal Crease - - -Goal Line
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- - -Goal Post - - -Slot - -Penalty Box - -Red Line - -Referee’s Crease - -Zone - - -Attacking Zone - - -Defensive Zone - - -End - - -Neutral Zone - - - -Center Ice Circle
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Alphabetical List extend the width of the rink, dividing it into the attacking, neutral, and defensive goals. Assist SN: Scoring point earned by passing the BT: Rink puck to a teammate who then scores, or to a teammate who then passes to the goal scorer. RT: Offside, Red Line, Zone
BT: Play Blueliner USE: Defenseman RT: Pass, Shot Board Check Attacking Zone SN: Act of body checking an opponent SN: Zone of the rink that contains the by pushing him into the boards. goal of the opposing team, extending from the end of the rink to the nearest blue line. BT: Check
UF: Offensive Zone RT: Boards, Body Check, Hip Check
BT: Zone Boards SN: 3-foot, 4-inch to 4-foot-high wooden RT: Defensive Zone, End, Neutral Zone or fiberglass wall that surrounds the surface of the ice. Backliner USE: Defenseman UF: Fence
Bench Minor BT: Rink SN: Two-minute penalty against any coach, manager, trainer, or player who is not RT: Board Check, Corner on the rink. Body Check BT: Minor Penalty SN: Act of using the upper body to bump an opponent (who is in possession of or RT: Double Minor contesting for the puck) above the knees.
Blade RT: Board Check, Hip Check SN: Flat part at the end of a hockey stick used to control and shoot the puck. Body Checker USE: Checker BT: Hockey Stick Box RT: Butt, Heel, Spearing USE: Penalty Box
Blue Line SN: Either of two blue lines that are 60 feet from and parallel to the goal lines and
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Breakaway Center SN: Scoring opportunity in which an SN: Forward player between two wings, attacking player with the puck skates into usually responsible for taking faceoffs and the attacking zone with no defensive players often leads attacks. between him and the goaltender. BT: Forward BT: Play Butt RT: Wing SN: Tip at the top end of a hockey stick. Center Ice Circle BT: Hockey Stick SN: Faceoff circle in the exact center of the rink, bisected by the red line. RT: Blade, Butt-ending, Heel BT: Neutral Zone Butt-ending SN: Act of poking or attempting to poke RT: Faceoff Circle, Red Line an opposing player with the butt of a hockey stick. Center Line USE: Red Line BT: Slashing Charging RT: Butt, Cross Check, High-stick, SN: Act of running or jumping into an Hooking, Spearing opponent from behind or more than two strides away, resulting in a minor or major Cage penalty depending upon its severity. USE: Goal BT: Infraction Captain SN: Player, designated by a “C” printed RT: Elbowing, Hand Pass, Holding, on his jersey, who is the only player allowed Interference, Roughing, Slashing, to discuss calls with officials. Tripping
BT: Position Check SN: Act of using the upper part of the RT: Defenseman, Forward body or hip to legally bump the opponent away from the puck or play, or the use of a Catching Glove hockey stick to trap, poke, or sweep the SN: Padded leather glove worn by a puck away from the puck carrier. goaltender that is used to catch the puck. UF: Hit BT: Goaltender Equipment BT: Play RT: Glove Save, Goalie Mask, Goaltender’s Stick NT: Board Check
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Body Check Crease Hip Check USE: Goal Crease RT: Checker, Puck Carrier, Stick Check Crossbar SN: Six-foot-long horizontal bar that Checker connects the goal posts four feet above the SN: Player who is known for his skill at surface of the ice, marking the upper limit of checking. the goal.
UF: Body Checker BT: Goal Hitter RT: Goal Crease, Goal Line, Goal Post BT: Monikers Cross Check RT: Check, Digger, Goon, Policeman, SN: Act of illegally hitting an opponent Puckhandler with the hockey stick held in both hands, while no part of the stick touches the ice. Clear SN: Act of knocking the puck safely BT: Slashing away from one’s own goal or out of the defensive zone. RT: Butt-ending, High-stick, Hooking, Spearing BT: Play Defenseman RT: Clearing Pass SN: One of two players, positioned close to their own goal, whose primary Clearing Pass responsibility is preventing the opposing SN: Pass that moves the puck out of the team from scoring and gaining possession of defensive zone to a player in the neutral the puck, if possible. zone. UF: Backliner BT: Pass Blueliner
RT: Drop Pass, Flat Pass, Flip Pass, BT: Position Forehand Pass, Snap Pass RT: Captain, Forward, Save Corner SN: Area of the rink adjacent to any of Defensive Zone the four rounded corners where the SN: Zone of the rink that contains the sideboards and endboards meet. goal of the defending team, extending from the end of the rink to the nearest blue line. BT: Rink BT: Zone RT: Boards, Digger, Dump the Puck RT: Attacking Zone, End, Neutral Zone Cornerman USE: Digger Deke
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SN: Act of faking a motion in a specific SN: Pass in which the puck carrier stops direction in order to momentarily deceive an the puck, leaving it for another player opponent. behind him, without stopping his movement.
BT: Play BT: Pass
Delayed Offside RT: Clearing Pass, Flat Pass, Flip Pass, SN: Situation in which an attacking Forehand Pass, Snap Pass player precedes the puck across the blue line, but the defending team possesses the puck Dump the Puck and is in position to bring it out of the SN: Act of sending the puck into the defensive zone without delay or contact with attacking zone by knocking it into one of the an attacking player, in which case no offside corners and skating in after it. is called. BT: Play BT: Offside RT: Corner RT: Intentional Offside, Slow Whistle Elbowing Digger SN: Act of illegally striking an opponent SN: Player who excels at contesting other with the elbow. players for possession of the puck in the corners. BT: Infraction
UF: Cornerman RT: Charging, Hand Pass, Holding, Interference, Roughing, Slashing, BT: Moniker Tripping
RT: Checker, Corner, Goon, Policeman, Empty Net Puckhandler SN: Goal left unguarded by a goaltender, either because he is out of position or out of Double Minor play to enable an extra attacker to play for SN: Simultaneous assessment of two his team. minor penalties against one player, for two different infractions. UF: Open Net
BT: Minor Penalty BT: Play
RT: Bench Minor RT: Extra Attacker, Goal, Goaltender
Draw End USE: Faceoff SN: Either of the two zones in which a team’s goal is located. Drop Pass UF: End Zone
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BT: Zone
RT: Attacking Zone, Defensive Zone
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UF: Draw End Zone USE: End BT: Regulation
Enforcer RT: Faceoff Circle, Faceoff Spot, USE: Policeman Freezing the Puck, Linesman
Equipment NT: Goaltender Equipment Standard Equipment
RT: Players, Play
Extra Attacker SN: Additional player who substitutes for his team’s goaltender, usually in an attempt to tie or win during the final minutes of the game.
UF: Sixth Attacker
BT: Players Faceoff Circle SN: Any of five fifteen-foot radius circles RT: Empty Net marked around faceoff spots at center ice and in the two ends. Face Mask USE: Goalie Mask UF: Restraining Circle
BT: Rink
NT: Faceoff Spot
RT: Center Ice Circle, Faceoff
Faceoff Spot SN: Any of nine round spots that mark the site of a faceoff.
Faceoff BT: Faceoff Circle SN: Beginning of play at the start of a period, after a goal, or after a stoppage of RT: Faceoff play, in which two opposing players line up squarely facing each other and attempt to Fan gain control of or pass to a teammate a puck SN: Action of missing the puck during an that is dropped by a linesman. attempted pass or shot. Champion 16
RT: Flip Shot, Forehand Shot, Penalty BT: Play Shot, Shot on Goal, Slap Shot, Wrist RT: Pass, Shot Shot
Fence Flop USE: Boards SN: Action of dropping to the ice in order to make a save. Flat Pass BT: Save SN: Pass in which the puck slides across the surface of the ice without lifting or RT: Glove Save, Kick Save, Stick Save bouncing. Forehand Pass BT: Pass SN: Pass made with the front face of the blade. RT: Clearing Pass, Drop Pass, Flip Pass, Forehand Pass, Snap Pass BT: Pass
Flip Pass RT: Clearing Pass, Drop Pass, Flat Pass, SN: Pass made with a quick snap of the Flip Pass, Snap Pass wrist to “flip” the puck off of the surface of the ice, often to clear the puck from an Forehand Shot opponent’s control. SN: Shot made with the front face of the blade. BT: Pass BT: Shot RT: Clearing Pass, Drop Pass, Flat Pass, Forehand Pass, Snap Pass RT: Flip Shot, Floater, Penalty Shot, Shot on Goal, Slap Shot, Wrist Shot Flip Shot SN: Shot made with a quick snap of the Forward wrist in which the puck is “flipped” toward SN: Any of three players (left wing, right the goal. wing, or center) positioned on the forward line, close to the attacking zone. BT: Shot BT: Position RT: Floater, Forehand Shot, Penalty Shot, Shot on Goal, Slap Shot, Wrist Shot NT: Center Wing Floater SN: Deceptively slow shot. RT: Captain, Defenseman, Shot
UF: Hanger Sleeper
BT: Shot
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backside of the hands and fingers from injury. Freezing the Puck SN: Action in which a player stops the BT: Standard Equipment puck against the boards or back of the goal with his hockey stick or skates, forcing a RT: Helmet, Hockey Skate, Hockey Stick faceoff and resulting in a minor penalty for delaying the game. Glove Save SN: Save made by a goaltender using his BT: Play catching glove.
RT: Faceoff, Minor Penalty BT: Save
Full Strength RT: Catching Glove, Flop, Kick Save, SN: Situation in which all six of a team’s Stick Save players are on the ice, with none in the penalty box.
BT: Power Play
RT: Man Advantage, Shorthanded
Game Misconduct SN: Penalty in which a player is suspended for the duration of the game for serious infractions such as being the third man to join in a fight or continuing a fight after being separated by an official. Goal BT: Misconduct Penalty SN: Structure centered on each goal line into which the puck must be played in order RT: Gross Misconduct to score.
Game Timekeeper UF: Cage SN: Official who is responsible for running the game clock. BT: Rink
BT: Off-ice Officials NT: Crossbar Goal Crease RT: Goal Judge, Official Scorer, Penalty Goal Line Timekeeper, Period Goal Post Slot Glove SN: One of a set of two padded leather RT: Empty Net, Goal Judge, Goaltender gloves worn by players to protect the
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USE: Goaltender
Goal Crease Goal Line SN: Rectangular area marked on the ice SN: 2-inch wide, red-painted line in front of each goal, 8 feet wide and extending the width of the rink, 10 feet from extending 4 feet out from the goal line, in and parallel to each end, in the center of which no attacking player may enter or hold which is the goal. his hockey stick unless the puck is in it. BT: Goal UF: Crease RT: Crossbar, Goal Crease, Goal Post BT: Goal Goal Post RT: Crossbar, Goal Line, Goal Post, Slot SN: Either of two 4 foot high posts, 6 feet apart and connected at the top by a crossbar, Goalie that constitute the side boundaries of each USE: Goaltender goal.
Goalie Mask UF: Pipe SN: Either of two kinds of protective Post devices worn by a goalie to shield his face from being hit by a puck, a molded plastic BT: Goal mask with small holes for the eyes and mouth held in place by straps, or a steel cage, RT: Crossbar, Goal Crease, Goal Line padded and held in place by straps, or attached to a helmet.
UF: Face Mask
BT: Goaltender Equipment
RT: Catching Glove, Goaltender’s Stick, Helmet
Goal Judge SN: One of two officials stationed behind either goal who has the responsibility of determining whether or not a goal has been scored.
BT: Off-ice Officials
RT: Game Timekeeper, Goal, Official Scorer, Penalty Timekeeper
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NT: Catching Glove Goalie Mask Goaltender’s Stick
RT: Goaltender, Standard Equipment
Goaltender’s Penalty SN: Minor or major penalty given to a goaltender that may be served by any of his teammates unless he receives three major penalties in one game, in which case he is removed from play and replaced by a substitute goaltender.
BT: Penalties
RT: Goaltender, Major Penalty, Match Penalty, Minor Penalty, Misconduct Penalty
Goaltender’s Stick SN: Hockey stick with a larger blade (up to 15.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide) that Goaltender is used exclusively by goaltenders. SN: Defensive player positioned directly in front of his team’s goal, responsible for BT: Goaltender Equipment preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking, catching, or deflecting the puck RT: Catching Glove, Goalie Mask, before it enters the goal. Hockey Stick
UF: Goalie Goon Goalkeeper SN: Player who is noted more for his fighting skills than his hockey skills. BT: Position UF: Hatchetman RT: Empty Net, Goal, Goaltender Headhunter Equipment, Goaltender’s Penalty, Save BT: Moniker
Goaltender Equipment RT: Checker, Digger, Policeman, SN: Equipment allowed only to be worn Puckhandler by goaltenders that is designed to increase their ability to make saves. Gross Misconduct SN: Penalty in which a player, manager, BT: Equipment coach, or trainer is suspended for the
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duration of a game for what an official may BT: Standard Equipment deem “gross misconduct” of any kind. BT: Misconduct Penalty RT: Glove, Goalie Mask, Hockey Skate, Hockey Stick RT: Game Misconduct High-stick Hand Pass SN: Action of illegally hitting an SN: Illegal pass in which a player opponent with a hockey stick held above deliberately throws or bats a puck towards a shoulder level. teammate with his hand. BT: Slashing
BT: Infraction RT: Butt-ending, Cross Check, Hooking, Spearing RT: Charging, Elbowing, Holding, Interference, Roughing, Slashing, Hip Check Tripping SN: Check in which a puck carrier is bumped by the hip of an opposing player. Hanger USE: Floater BT: Check
Hat Trick RT: Board Check, Body Check SN: Three goals scored by the same player during the duration of a single game. Hit USE: Check BT: Play Hitter RT: Shot USE: Checker
Hatchetman Hockey Skate USE: Goon SN: Flat-bladed skate, shorter than a speed skate and without the toe picks of a Headhunter figure skate, with a sturdy leather or semi- USE: Goon hard plastic boot that extends high to both support and protect the ankle and Achilles Heel tendon. SN: Part of a hockey stick where the blade attaches to the shaft. UF: Skate
BT: Hockey Stick BT: Standard Equipment
RT: Blade, Butt RT: Glove, Helmet, Hockey Stick, Kick Save Helmet SN: Plastic or hard protective covering worn on a player’s head to prevent injury.
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Holding SN: Illegal act of grasping or interfering with an opponent’s movement with either the hands or hockey stick.
BT: Infraction
RT: Charging, Elbowing, Hand Pass, Interference, Roughing, Slashing, Tripping
Hook Check SN: Stick check in which a player lays his hockey stick on the ice in front of the puck, forming a “hook” to trap.
BT: Stick Check
RT: Poke Check, Sweep Check
Hooking SN: Act of illegally using the hockey stick to hold back an opponent.
BT: Slashing
Hockey Stick RT: Butt-ending, Cross Check, High- SN: Stick no more than 58 inches long stick, Spearing with a blade no longer than 12.5 inches long and 3 inches wide that is used to control or Ice deflect the puck. USE: Rink
UF: Stick Icing
SN: Infraction in which a player sends BT: Standard Equipment the puck from behind the red line across the
opposing team’s goal line, where it is then NT: Blade touched by an opposing player other than Butt the goaltender. Heel
BT: Infraction RT: Glove, Goaltender’s Stick, Helmet,
Hockey Skate, Slashing, Stick Check, RT: Offside, Red Line Stick Save
Infraction SN: Any play that results in a stoppage of
play and possibly a penalty.
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BT: Regulation Linesman SN: One of two officials who are NT: Charging responsible for conducting faceoffs, Elbowing determining violations, and reporting those Hand Pass violations to the referee. Holding Icing BT: On-ice Officials Interference Offside RT: Faceoff, Referee Roughing Slashing Major Penalty Tripping SN: Five-minute penalty given to a player for serious infractions such as RT: On-ice Officials, Penalties, Slow fighting, spearing, or butt-ending, and some Whistle lesser infractions if they have been committed with violence or caused injury. Intentional Offside SN: Situation in which a player BT: Penalties intentionally goes offside to gain a stoppage of play, in which case a faceoff occurs in the RT: Goaltender’s Penalty, Match Penalty, defending zone of that player’s team. Minor Penalty, Misconduct Penalty
BT: Offside Man Advantage SN: A numerical advantage of players on RT: Delayed Offside the ice when the opposing team has one or more players in the penalty box. Interference SN: Infraction in which a player impedes BT: Power Play the movement of an opponent who is not in possession of or contesting for the puck. RT: Full Strength, Shorthanded
BT: Infraction Match Penalty SN: Penalty given to a player for a RT: Charging, Elbowing, Hand Pass, serious infraction, such as a deliberate Holding, Roughing, Slashing, attempt to injure an opponent, where the Tripping player is suspended for the duration of the game. Kick Save SN: Save in which the goaltender stops or BT: Penalties deflects the puck with an extended leg or skate. RT: Goaltender’s Penalty, Major Penalty, Minor Penalty, Misconduct Penalty BT: Save
RT: Flop, Glove Save, Hockey Skate, Stick Save
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SN: Central portion of the rink between the two blue lines and bisected the red line. Minor Penalty SN: Two-minute penalty given to a BT: Zone player for lesser infractions such as delaying the game, disputing an official’s ruling, or NT: Center Ice Circle boarding, if not committed with violence. RT: Attacking Zone, Defensive Zone, Red Line BT: Penalties Offensive Zone RT: Freezing the Puck, Goaltender’s USE: Attacking Zone Penalty, Major Penalty, Match Penalty, Minor Penalty, Misconduct Off-ice Officials Penalty, Roughing, Tripping SN: Officials who are positioned in a location off of the ice and play an Misconduct Penalty administrative role. SN: Ten-minute penalty given to a player for unacceptable behavior such as abusive BT: Officials language, failure to proceed to the penalty box, and prolonged fighting. NT: Game Timekeeper Goal Judge BT: Penalties Official Scorer Penalty Timekeeper NT: Game Misconduct Gross Misconduct RT: On-ice Officials
RT: Goaltender’s Penalty, Major Penalty, Officials Match Penalty, Minor Penalty SN: Designated people who have the responsibility of enforcing the rules of the Moniker game. SN: Refers to an unofficial term used to refer to a player based on specific strengths NT: Off-ice Officials or aspects of his play style. On-ice Officials
BT: Players RT: Players, Regulation
NT: Checker Official Scorer Digger SN: Official who is responsible for Goon recording all game data. Policeman Puckhandler BT: Off-ice Officials
RT: Position RT: Game Timekeeper, Goal Judge, Penalty Timekeeper Neutral Zone Offside
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SN: Situation that results in a stoppage of Flat Pass play in which a player is in the attacking Flip Pass zone before the puck crosses the blue line. Forehand Pass BT: Infraction Snap Pass
NT: Delayed Offside RT: Assist, Fan, Shot, Save Intentional Offside Penalties RT: Blue Line, Icing, Zone SN: Any removal of a player from the game for a specified time or the duration of On-ice Officials the game for an infraction. SN: Officials who are positioned on the ice and enforce the rules during play. NT: Goaltender’s Penalty Major Penalty BT: Officials Match Penalty Minor Penalty NT: Linesman Misconduct Penalty Referee RT: Infraction, On-ice Officials, Penalty RT: Infraction, Off-ice Officials, Box, Penalty Shot, Penalty Penalties Timekeeper, Power Play, Regulation, Shorthanded Open Net USE: Empty Net Penalty Bench USE: Penalty Box Overtime SN: Extra five-minute period that is Penalty Box played if the game is tied at the end of SN: Either of two separate designated regulation play, beginning with a faceoff at areas in which a penalized player must the center ice circle and ending when one remain for the duration of a penalty. team scores or time runs out (which results in a shootout). UF: Box Penalty Bench BT: Period Sin Bin
RT: Shootout, Timeout BT: Rink
Pass RT: Penalties, Penalty Timekeeper, SN: Action of directing or deflecting the Power Play puck towards a teammate with the hockey stick. Penalty Shot SN: A shot at the goal defended only by BT: Play the goaltender, awarded to a team for certain infractions committed by a member of the NT: Clearing Pass opposing team, such as interfering with a Drop Pass player on a breakaway by throwing a hockey
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stick or any object, or tripping him up from Fan behind. Freezing the Puck Hat Trick BT: Shot Pass Rebound RT: Flip Shot, Floater, Forehand Shot, Save Penalties, Shootout, Shot on Goal, Shot Slap Shot, Wrist Shot Stick Check
Penalty Timekeeper RT: Equipment, Players, Regulation, SN: Official who is responsible for Rink recording and timing each penalty.
BT: Off-ice Officials
RT: Game Timekeeper, Goal Judge, Official Scorer, Penalties, Penalty Box, Referee’s Crease
Period SN: A unit of playing time, three of which constitute a regulation game at twenty minutes each.
BT: Regulation
NT: Overtime Timeout Shootout
RT: Game Timekeeper
Pipe USE: Goal Post
Play Players SN: Any action taken by a player during NT: Extra Attacker game play. Moniker Position NT: Assist Puck Carrier Breakaway Check RT: Equipment, Officials, Play Clear Deke Poke Check Dump the Puck SN: Stick check in which a player Empty Net attempts dislodge or “poke” the puck away Champion 26
from the puck carrier by jabbing the blade of his hockey stick at the puck. RT: Penalties, Penalty Box
BT: Stick Check
RT: Hook Check, Sweep Check
Policeman SN: Physically intimidating player who is known for retaliating when unnecessary roughness is used against a teammate by an opponent.
UF: Enforcer Puck SN: Vulcanized rubber disk, 3 inches in BT: Moniker diameter and 1 inch thick, weighing between 5.5 and 6 ounces, that is used as the objects RT: Checker, Digger, Goon, Puckhandler both teams attempt to drive into the goal defended by the opposing team. Position SN: Refers to the designated role BT: Equipment assigned to a player by his team. RT: Equipment, Puck Carrier, BT: Players Puckhandler, Rebound
NT: Captain Puck Carrier Defenseman SN: Player in control of and moving the Forward puck. Goaltender BT: Players RT: Moniker RT: Check, Puck, Puckhandler, Stick Post Check USE: Goal Post Puckhandler Power Play SN: Player who is noted for his ability to SN: Situation in which a team has more maneuver and control the puck. players on the ice than the opposing team because that team has a player or players BT: Moniker serving penalties. RT: Checker, Digger, Goon, Policeman, BT: Regulation Puck, Puck Carrier
NT: Full Strength Rebound Man Advantage Shorthanded
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SN: Puck that bounces off the goalie, the NT: Faceoff crossbar, a goal post, or the boards behind Infraction the goal and remains in play. Period Power Play BT: Play Slow Whistle RT: Puck, Shot RT: Officials, Penalties, Play Red Line SN: Red line that extends from one side Restraining Circle of the rink to the other, dividing the ice in USE: Faceoff Circle half.
UF: Center Line
BT: Rink
RT: Blue Line, Center Ice Circle, Icing, Neutral Zone
Referee SN: Official responsible for supervising the conduct the game, with full authority over all players and other officials.
BT: On-ice Officials
RT: Linesman, Referee’s Crease
Referee’s Crease SN: Area marked on surface of ice, directly in front of the penalty keeper and between the two penalty boxes in the shape of a semi-circle with a 10 foot radius, in which the referee reports penalties to the penalty timekeeper.
BT: Rink
Rink RT: Penalty Timekeeper, Referee SN: Playing area for a hockey game, an ice surface in the shape of a rounded Regulation rectangle, usually measuring 200 feet long SN: Any situation which results from by 85 feet wide and enclosed by boards to normal play or a call made by an official protect spectators. with the purpose of maintaining the order of the game. UF: Ice
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BT: Period NT: Blue Line Boards RT: Overtime, Penalty Shot, Timeout Corner Faceoff Circle Goal Shorthanded Penalty Box SN: Situation in which a team is Red Line outnumbered on the ice due to one or more Referee’s Crease of that team’s players serving a penalty. Zone BT: Power Play RT: Play RT: Full Strength, Man Advantage, Roughing Penalties SN: Infraction in which a player uses excessive or unwarranted roughness against Shot an opponent, resulting in a minor penalty. SN: Action of directing or deflecting the puck towards the opposing team’s goal. BT: Infraction BT: Play RT: Charging, Elbowing, Hand Pass, Holding, Interference, Minor Penalty, NT: Flip Shot Slashing, Tripping Floater Forehand Shot Save Penalty Shot SN: Action of preventing the opposing Shot on Goal team from scoring a goal by catching, Slap Shot blocking, or deflecting the puck before it Wrist Shot crosses the goal line. RT: Assist, Fan, Forward, Hat Trick, Pass, BT: Play Rebound, Save
NT: Flop Shot on Goal Glove Save SN: Any shot that results or would result Kick Save in a goal if not for the intervention of a Stick Save defensive player or a save by the goaltender.
RT: Defenseman, Goaltender, Pass, Shot BT: Shot
Shootout RT: Flip Shot, Floater, Forehand Shot, SN: Period, following overtime, in which Penalty Shot, Slap Shot, Wrist Shot a game ending in a tie is decided by each team taking a specified number of penalty Sin Bin shots, the team scoring the most being USE: Penalty Box declared the winner. Sixth Attacker
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USE: Extra Attacker for an infraction, depending on how the play turns out (a delayed offside, for example). Skate USE: Hockey Skate BT: Regulation
Slap Shot RT: Delayed Offside, Infraction SN: Powerful shot in which a player Snap Pass winds up with a full backswing and follows SN: Quick pass in which the puck is sent through, driving the puck toward the forward with a quick snap of the wrists, opposing team’s goal at high speed. using no backswing.
BT: Shot BT: Pass
RT: Flip Shot, Floater, Forehand Shot, RT: Clearing Pass, Drop Pass, Flat Pass, Penalty Shot, Shot on Goal, Wrist Flip Pass, Forehand Pass Shot Snap Shot Slashing USE: Wrist Shot SN: Infraction in which a player strikes or attempts to strike an opposing player with Spearing his hockey stick. SN: Illegal act of poking or stabbing or attempting to poke or stab an opponent with BT: Infraction the tip of the blade.
RT: Charging, Elbowing, Hand Pass, BT: Slashing Hockey Stick, Holding, Interference, Roughing, Tripping RT: Blade, Butt-ending, Cross Check, High-stick, Hooking Sleeper USE: Floater Standard Equipment SN: Equipment that meets the regulations Slot of what can be used by all players other than SN: Imaginary area approximately the goaltenders. width of the goal and extending about 10 yards out from the goal crease, considered to BT: Equipment be the most advantageous area from which to score a goal. RT: Goaltender Equipment
BT: Goal Stick USE: Hockey Stick RT: Goal Crease Stick Check Slow Whistle SN: Act of using the hockey stick to SN: Play in which an official raises his knock or take the puck away from an arm in preparation for blowing his whistle opponent.
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BT: Play Wing SN: Either of two players who flank the RT: Check, Hockey Stick, Puck Carrier center at the outside positions on the forward line.
BT: Forward Stick Save RT: Center SN: Save made with the goaltender’s stick. Wrister USE: Wrist Shot BT: Save Wrist Shot RT: Flop, Glove Save, Hockey Stick, SN: Quick shot in which the puck is Kick Save propelled off the blade with a quick snap of the wrists, using no backswing. Sweep Check SN: Stick check in which the hockey BT: Shot stick is “swept” in a circular motion along the ice in order to knock the puck away from UF: Snap Shot an opponent. Wrister
BT: Stick Check RT: Flip Shot, Floater, Forehand Shot, Penalty Shot, Shot on Goal, Slap RT: Hook Check, Poke Check Shot
Timeout SN: 30-second stoppage of play allowed to each team once per game, to be taken only during a normal stoppage of play.
BT: Period
RT: Overtime, Shootout
Tripping Zone SN: Infraction in which a player places SN: One of the three areas of the ice his hockey stick, knee, foot, arm, hand, or divided by the blue lines. elbow so as to cause an opponent to trip or fall, resulting in a minor penalty. BT: Rink
BT: Infraction NT: Attacking Zone Defensive Zone RT: Charging, Elbowing, Hand Pass, End Holding, Interference, Minor Penalty, Neutral Zone Roughing, Slashing RT: Blue Line, Offside
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