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

“My daddy was the goalie for the Hungarian national ice hockey team.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

If you thought you'd had your fill of ice hockey romance for the year, then think again.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The group’s Unipol Dome in Milan hosted Olympic and Paralympic ice hockey for this year’s winter games and drew in around 400,000 visitors, boosting the high-margin venues division, the group said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Milan's Santagiulia Arena will be the setting for the para ice hockey, while para biathlon and para cross-country skiing events will take place in Val di Fiemme.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Boy, like the day we were playing ice hockey and I went through the ice on that cow pond.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings