poke check

American  

noun

Ice Hockey.

1. an attempt to deprive an opponent of the puck by pushing it away with one's stick.

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Etymology

Origin of poke check

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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

Johnson was the closest Ranger but rather than charge Guentzel or attempt a poke check he hesitated and Guentzel ripped a shot over Kinkaid’s glove to tie it with 1:06 remaining in the first.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 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

Ovechkin and Kuznetsov assisted on defenseman Christian Djoos’s go-ahead goal, a one-handed poke check that deflected off the crossbar and into the net.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2019

After Brandon Montour thwarted James Neal’s breakaway attempt out of the penalty box with a diving poke check, the Ducks had all the momentum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2017