ice hockey
: a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick
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//Couple that with Petr Cech's recent signing as an ice hockey player, and...well, who else could mix it up in a new sport?
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SI.com, "8 Players Who Would Make Great NFL Kickers at the End of Their Careers," 18 Oct. 2019
//Girls’ lacrosse is one of those sports that has trended positively in Massachusetts, along with boys’ and girls’ volleyball, and boys’ ice hockey.
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Dan Shulman, BostonGlobe.com, "Participation in school sports is down for first time in 30 years," 26 Aug. 2019
//Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Since women’s ice hockey was introduced at the Olympics in 1998, the two teams have played each other for the gold in five of those six Games.
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Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, "U.S. Women's Hockey Team Wins First Olympic Gold Since '98 After Besting Canadian Rivals in Shootout," 22 Feb. 2018
//Tosone, who will play lacrosse at UMass, captained the Rebels’ field hockey squad to the Division 1 South final, the ice hockey team to its best finish in program history (18-4-1), and the lacrosse team to Monday’s Division 1 state semifinal.
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Jenna Ciccotelli, BostonGlobe.com, "Region’s best scholar-athletes receive Richard Phelps honor," 16 June 2019
//No Canadian ice hockey team made the National Hockey League finals this year.
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The Economist, "Canadians are embracing basketball," 14 June 2019
//There are no plans to lure minor league hockey team to Mobile, which hasn’t hosted ice hockey games since the Mysticks suspended operations in 2002.
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al.com, "Civic Center project pitches come to focus: ‘We are looking for an attraction’," 30 June 2019
//Governor Garlin Gilchrist II; Olympic ice hockey champs, and twins, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando; and a top Comcast executive.
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, "Comcast program helps low-income customers get home internet for $10/month," 14 Aug. 2019
//Yet 40 years later, while girls continue to play high school sports in great numbers and more professional leagues have emerged, equal pay and working conditions remain issues in sports such as soccer and ice hockey.
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Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, "‘We thought this was just the beginning.’ A new book relives Niles West’s 1979 girls basketball state title. Author Melissa Isaacson says progress 40 years later has ‘been disappointing during various times.’," 12 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of ice hockey
1868, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries near ice hockey
More Definitions forice hockey
: a game played on an ice rink in which two teams of six players on skates use curved sticks to try to shoot a puck into the opponent's goal