poke check
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of poke check
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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On his first shift, he turned his head briefly away after a puck was launched toward him by a poke check.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
Zuccarello was credited with the strangest goal of the game when an ill-fated poke check by Hellebuyck caused the puck to glance off Morrissey and tie the game at 3 late in the second period.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Encapsulated in that one motivational poke check is the foundation upon which Spallina has built a lacrosse dynasty at Stony Brook, a team built of scrappy, unheralded Long Islanders looking to prove a point.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
Skating backward, defending, without much conviction, against an onrushing forward, I leaned to execute an over-fortyish poke check.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
Kempe shook off Casey Mittelstadt and avoided Conor Sheary's weak poke check to circle into the slot, where he snapped a shot inside the right post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
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