fore-check

[fawr-chek, fohr-]

verb (used without object)

Ice Hockey.

1. to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an attacking opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fore-check¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

“With their game lately, they were going to be a little overzealous to get in and pinch. If you can beat that fore-check, that pressure, there are going to be odd-man rushes.”

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“That gave us an opportunity to get through the neutralize zone with possession, put pucks where we wanted to and fore-check.”

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We have to get back to skating and getting on the fore-check.

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He works hard, fore-check, brings pucks to us.

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—Richard Boudreaux in Moscow Blog: Canada 7, Russia 3 Russian coach Vyacheslav Bykov said his team couldn't withstand the Canadian fore-check, which prevented the Russian defensemen from getting the puck to the team's highly skilled offense.

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