What do hockey players call hair?
22. Flow: A player's hair, especially if you can see the hair sticking out beneath their helmet and “flowing” behind them as they skate.
Apple: an assist. Bar Down/Bar Mexico: a type of shot that hits the bottom of the crossbar and shoots right down into the net. All beauties (see below) attempt to go bar down whenever possible, as it is seen as a very impressive shot. Just listen to the sound as the puck hits the bar and goes in below.
“If you play hockey, you know who Barry Melrose is.” Meyer had the classic “flow” defined in a second ESPN video as “long, straight, beautiful hockey hair,” while Loe has more of a “salad,” defined as “thick, often curly, always awesome.” “I love it,” Doell said, “especially being a guy who had long hair.”
- “Get rid of the puck!” Often when the puck is trapped deep in your own zone your first instinct is to just get rid of it whatever way possible. ...
- “Stand on the blue line.” ...
- “Stop playing with the puck!” ...
- “Don't just stand there!” ...
- “Use the wall.”
D to D. A pass from one defenseman to another defenseman, both on the same team. Dangle. See Deke.
Dangles, dirty dangles
Refers to dangling the puck in front to distract players from body movements during maneuvering.
Clap Bomb — Clapper. A vicious slapshot that makes a loud noise similar to a clapping sound.
Sauce: a pass that leaves the ice to make it more difficult for opposing players to intercept.
Shot on goal (ice hockey)
Tilly: Oh look, it's another word for a fight!
What are 4 goals in hockey called?
Scoring four goals in a hockey game is much less common than a hat trick. If a player scores four goals in a single game, it is sometimes referred to as a “Texas hat trick.” This term is less commonly used than a hat trick, and its origins are uncertain.
Barnburner: A fast-paced, high-scoring, exciting hockey game. Bucket: Another term for helmet.
- Attend games and catch a player's eye. ...
- Join an official fan club. ...
- Visit popular sports bars and clubs. ...
- Support them publicly on your account. ...
- Get a job working for the team. ...
- Use dating sites.
Snipe/Sniper
A very commonly used term that most hockey fans should already know that refers to an insane shot that places the puck in a tiny space for a goal. A sniper is a player who can do this on a regular basis. Example: Dangle, Snipe, Celly, the perfect combination.
You often hear “wheel” being yelled at between teammates in the defensive zone, while in control of the puck. That's because the wheel is a breakout strategy employed by the defensem*n deep in their end. The play consists of the defensive player carrying the puck behind the net and skating up ice with it at high speed.
GF – Goals for – Number of goals the team has scored. GA – Goals against – Number of goals scored against the team. OTW - Overtime Win. SOW - Shoot Out Win.
This is a list of players who have scored five or more goals in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. Scoring five or more goals in a single game is considered a great feat, as it has only been accomplished 63 times, by 47 players, in the history of the league.
Chippy: Players are getting irritated with one another. Coast to Coast: When a player carries the puck from his own end into the offensive end.
Grocery Stick : A slang insult for a seldom used player, often an enforcer or "goon", who sits on the bench specifically to help a coach divide the defensem*n and forwards. Advertisem*nt.
The first known printed reference was in Montreal, in 1876 (Montreal Gazette of February 7, 1876), just a year after the first indoor game was played there. A hockey puck is also referred to colloquially as a "biscuit". To put the "biscuit in the basket" (colloquial for the goal) is to score a goal.
What does get pucks deep mean?
Pucks in Deep
"Deep" refers to behind the net, below the goal line, and in the corners. Some of the dirty areas, if you will.
BarDown (1)
When the puck hits the crossbar and goes down into the net. Also called 'bar south'.
Change It Up, Dump+Change- When players on the ice switch places with the players on the bench. If in the puck is in the defensive zone, then the players wait until they reach the red line to throw the puck into the offensive zone.
'Six and Seven Hole': the six and seven holes are relatively new terms to identify the areas under either armpit of the goalie. Goaltenders who hold their trapper high or blocker further out to the side of their body are said to have six and seven holes.
Lettuce definition
(slang) Paper money.
Though "hat trick" was used in some newspapers during the 1930s and early 1940s to describe a player scoring three goals in a game, the Hockey Hall of Fame says the genesis of the term came when a Toronto businessman named Sammy Taft promoted his business by offering a hat to any player who scored three goals during an ...
A few players in NHL history have scored double hat tricks; that is, 6 or more goals in a game.
The name for one player scoring four goals in one soccer game is called a super hat-trick.
R. Rover (ice hockey)
The idea here is simple: when playing hockey you never know when the puck might come your way, so you should be ready for it at all times. Keeping your stick on the ice means you can shoot at a moments notice, important when you're on the receiving end of a lucky bounce or a great pass.
What does it mean to call someone a hockey puck?
A moron; someone who is irritating.
The modern game of hockey emerged in England in the mid-18th century and is largely attributed to the growth of public schools, such as Eton. The first Hockey Association was formed in the UK in 1876 and drew up the first formal set of rules.
