| NOUN | act | hockey game, ice hockey, hockey | a game / game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
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| Meaning | A game / game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks. | |
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| Synonyms | ice hockey, hockey | |
| Category of | assist | (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play |
| center | (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | |
| face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play | |
| game misconduct | (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game / game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) | |
| hat trick | (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game / game / game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.) | |
| icing, icing the puck | (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal | |
| penalty box | (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties | |
| period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games | |
| power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties | |
| stick | A long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball | |
| Parts | check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
| face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play | |
| slapshot | A fast shot made with a short / short powerful swing of the hockey stick | |
| Broader | athletic game | A game / game involving athletic activity |
| contact sport | A sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players | |
| Spanish | hockey, hockey sobre hielo | |
| Catalan | hoquei, hoquei sobre gel | |
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