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Over the past month or so I've put together a list of hockey terms that most good hockey fans should at least be familiar with or, put another way, non-hockey fans wouldn't have a clue what they mean.
Many on the list have become popularized only relatively recently, while others have been around and survived the test of time. Others are unique to the sport, while others you'll typically only see in print or hear on broadcasts, as opposed to casual conversation in the stands or between periods.
The following list is by no means complete, and in fact I'm curious how many other hockey terms can be added by fellow USCHO posters...if for no other reason it's the offseason and we need to keep our hockey minds sharp!
Hockey Terminology
backpressure
beast
biscuit in the basket
blowing a tire
blue paint
butterfly
chippy
clogging up the middle
crash the net
dangle
dasher
D-corps
dipsy do
dirty areas
draw
embellishment
five hole
good stick
half wall/end wall/the wall
hatty (hattie)
helper
hockey sense
‘juicy’ rebound
lights the lamp
move your feet!
pinch
point blank
potted
puck luck
puck support
roofs it
saucer pass
“sees the ice”
shorty
sloppy
snipe
“stood on her head”
time and space
toe drag
top shelf
twig
umbrella
wrister
Many on the list have become popularized only relatively recently, while others have been around and survived the test of time. Others are unique to the sport, while others you'll typically only see in print or hear on broadcasts, as opposed to casual conversation in the stands or between periods.
The following list is by no means complete, and in fact I'm curious how many other hockey terms can be added by fellow USCHO posters...if for no other reason it's the offseason and we need to keep our hockey minds sharp!
Hockey Terminology
backpressure
beast
biscuit in the basket
blowing a tire
blue paint
butterfly
chippy
clogging up the middle
crash the net
dangle
dasher
D-corps
dipsy do
dirty areas
draw
embellishment
five hole
good stick
half wall/end wall/the wall
hatty (hattie)
helper
hockey sense
‘juicy’ rebound
lights the lamp
move your feet!
pinch
point blank
potted
puck luck
puck support
roofs it
saucer pass
“sees the ice”
shorty
sloppy
snipe
“stood on her head”
time and space
toe drag
top shelf
twig
umbrella
wrister
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