Assist:
Point awarded to a player or players for helping set up a goal; usually the last
two offensive players to handle the puck prior to a goal being scored are
credited for assists.
Boards:
The wooden and glass walls that surround the rink.
Body Check:
Using the hip or shoulder to impede the progress of an opponent who has the
puck.
Breakaway:
A scoring opportunity that occurs when there are no defending players between
the puck carrier and the opposing goaltender.
Changing On The Fly:
Substitution of players without a stoppage in play.
Crease:
Area directly in front of the goaltender. It is four feet wide and eight feet
long and marked off by red lines. Offensive players who do not have possession
of the puck may not enter this area.
Face-Off:
To initiate play, the puck is dropped between two opposing players who face each
other.
Forechecking:
Pressuring the opposition when they control the puck in the neutral or
defensive zone.
Hand
Pass: Using one's
hand to pass or direct the puck to a teammate. It is legal only if the pass
begins and is completed in the defensive zone.
Hat Trick:
Three goals scored by one player in a single game.
Icing:
Shooting the puck from your half of the ice beyond the far goal line without it
being touched. A whistle is blown and a face-off follows in the defensive zone.
It is legal only when short-handed.
Play-Maker: The
accumulation of three or more assists by a player in one game.
Power Play:
When a team has more players on the ice because of a penalty (or penalties)
called against the opposing team.
Pull The Goalie:
In an attempt to tie the score, a team trailing by one or two goals may take its
goalie off the ice and send out an extra skater. This usually occurs in the
closing minute(s) of a game.
Shorthanded:
When a team is forced to play with fewer than six players because one or more
have been sent to the penalty box.
Slap Shot:
A sweeping motion with an accentuated back swing to shoot the puck (similar
to a drive in golf).
Wrist Shot:
The motion of shooting with the puck directly against the blade of the
stick.
Blue
Lines:The
pair of one-foot wide blue lines which extend across the ice at a distance of 60
feet from each goal. These lines break up the ice into attacking, neutral, and
defending zones.
