wrist shot
noun Ice Hockey.
a quick shot made with a snap of the wrist, using little or no backswing, with the puck against the stick blade.
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Examples from the Web for wrist shot
Wrist-shot: Less than a half-shot, generally played with an iron club—the old saying was "played from the knee."