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pond hockey

British  

noun

  1. ice hockey played on a frozen pond

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They headed into Los Angeles and defeated the Kings by a 9-8 overtime score that had pond hockey enthusiasts everywhere dancing in their tuques.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2023

“I grew up,” he said, “playing pond hockey with fishermen’s kids.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2023

McCann likened the game to playing pond hockey growing up in Canada before then pointing out the similarities to junior hockey.

From Washington Times Nov. 30, 2022

But this is the Stanley Cup playoffs and this is Canada, where five-dollar bills depict children playing pond hockey, and where the Battle of Alberta stamped the ’80s with thrilling games and rollicking punch-ups.

From New York Times May 24, 2022

A pond hockey player as a boy and a longtime outdoorsman, he pursued Nordic skating when the Vermonter who initiated the Lake Morey trail began raising the sport’s profile stateside.

From Washington Post Feb. 11, 2022

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