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A. angling. Pushing an opposing team's player to the side in the defensive zone, keeping them out the middle of the defensive zone. [ 1] apple. A slang term for an assist. [ 2] assist. Attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed, or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate.
Tanking (sports) Teddy bear toss. Three stars (ice hockey) Too many men. Torpedo system. Towel Power. Tripping (ice hockey) Two-way forward.
It is God's way. His will be done." [1] [note 1] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September. "My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians." [3] — Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1 October 1901), to Habibullah Khan.
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers of players, apparel, and playing surface, they share broad characteristics of two opposing teams using ...
The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Inaugurated in 1996, it is the successor to the Canada Cup, which was held every three to five years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players. [1] The World Cup has occurred thrice before on an irregular ...
The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics . The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European Championships, the precursor to the World Championships, were first held in 1910.
Ice hockey (or simply known as hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and shoot a closed, vulcanized rubber disc called ...
Individual statistics. GP – Games played – Number of games the player has set foot on the ice in the current season. G – Goals – Total number of goals the player has scored in the current season. A – Assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in the current season. P or PTS – Points – Scoring points, calculated as the sum ...