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Ice Hockey Terminology
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| Attacking Zone |
The zone where the opponents goal is located.
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| Back Check |
Checking an opponent while skating backwards towards one's own goal.
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| Boards |
The wooden wall surrounding the rink that keeps the puck in play.
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| Goal Cage |
Name for the net or goal.
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| Hat Trick |
Three goals scored by a player in one game.
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| Puck |
The hard vulcanized rubber disc that players try to shoot past the goalie for a goal.
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| Rink |
The playing surface of ice.
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| Save |
Blocked shot by the goalie.
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Defensive Zone |
The zone or area nearest a team's goal
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| Dead Puck |
A puck that flies out of the rink or that a player has caught in his hand.
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Blue Lines
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Lines that divide the rink into three zones: attacking, defending and neutral (center) zone.
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| Goal |
One point scored when a puck goes between the goalposts from the stick of an attacking player and crosses the red line between the goalposts.
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| Home Team |
The team in whose arena the game is being played.
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| Face Off |
The dropping of a puck between a player from each team to start play or resume play.
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| Checking |
Using body contact to prevent an opposing player from gaining an advantageous position on the ice.
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| Center Line |
The red stripe that extends across the ice, midway between the goals.
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| Center Ice/Neutral Zone |
Neutral area between the blue lines.
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| Hip Check |
A legal check where player uses his hip to check an opposing player.
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| Major Penalty |
Five minute penalty
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| Minor Penalty |
Three minute penalty
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