wrist shot

American  

noun

Ice Hockey.

1. 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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Example Sentences

Juraj Slafkovsky put Montreal in front less than five minutes before the second intermission, lifting a wrist shot over Kuemper’s glove from the slot.

From Los Angeles Times

But Laughton, making his Kings debut, got that back two minutes later, lining a low wrist shot from a tough angle off the pads of Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, as the Americans desperately searched for a breakthrough, Hughes blasted a wrist shot into the back of the net—and made history.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mikko Rantanen gave the Finns the lead on 17 minutes with a wrist shot on a power play, just after Sebastian Aho had won a faceoff.

From Barron's

That’s when Hughes received a pass on the boards, slid the puck to the middle of the ice and unleashed a blistering wrist shot that clanged off the left post and into the net to secure a 2-1 victory.

From The Wall Street Journal