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hockey game - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks | ||
ice hockey, hockey | ||
athletic game a game involving athletic activity | ||
contact sport a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players | ||
face-off (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players | ||
check the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" | ||
slapshot a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick |