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noun Ice Hockey.

the area of a rink between the two blue lines.Compare end zone (def. 2).

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Origin of neutral zone

1900–05, in sense “zone between the two scrimmage lines in football”

The 35-year-old Ovechkin appeared to pull up early as he rushed the puck up ice in the neutral zone late in the third period Thursday.
Alex Ovechkin dealing with lower-body injury after leaving Islanders-Capitals game early|Samantha Pell|April 23, 2021|Washington Post
Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

South Korean activists are already planning to loft them over the Demilitarized Zone in balloons.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack|Gordon G. Chang|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Neutral passenger-steamers were allowed to take away refugees other than Spanish subjects.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
When well stained, a delicate hyaline peripheral zone can be distinguished.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd