ice hockey

American  

noun

1. a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents' cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft.

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ice hockey British  

noun

1. a game played on ice by two opposing teams of six players each, who wear skates and try to propel a flat puck into their opponents' goal with long sticks having an offset flat blade at the end

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Etymology

Origin of ice hockey

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

But ice hockey is more than a backdrop in Reid's world.

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Canadian actor Hudson Williams, star of the television series "Heated Rivalry" in which he plays a professional ice hockey player, opened the show for Dsquared2.

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Henry estimates the cost for a single rink at about £40,000 a month, and says hosting ice hockey teams alone would unlikely cover the cost.

From BBC

He invited Ford to visit Manitoba to discuss the issue over a weekend ice hockey game between Toronto and Winnipeg.

From BBC

Winter Olympics organisers on Wednesday confirmed that the Milan-Cortina Games' main ice hockey arena will open in January following delays in its construction.

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