ice hockey

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.

ice hockey

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice hockey¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

While Belarus and Russia can now compete in Para ice hockey competitions, at this late stage of the qualification cycle, the six teams for November's Paralympic Games qualification tournament have already been determined.

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With NBA's Memphis Grizzlies a three-hour drive away, the sporting culture in Nashville has tended to revolve around American football and ice hockey.

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"I'm going out to Austria on Sunday to see what they've got in their training facilities. "They run ice hockey and football out of Salzburg as well.

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And prior to that, ice hockey fans will be travelling to the nearby SSE Arena to watch the Belfast Giants play Finnish side, KalPa Kuopio.

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It later announced a plan to address "systemic issues" in the culture of ice hockey.

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