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short-handed
(redirected from Short-handed goal)

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short-hand·ed (shôrthndd)
adj.
1. Lacking the usual or necessary number of workers, employees, or assistants.
2. Sports
a. Having fewer players on the ice or playing area than the opposing team, usually because of a penalty.
b. Scored by a team that is short-handed: a short-handed goal.

short-handed
adj
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) lacking the usual or necessary number of assistants, workers, etc.
2. (General Sporting Terms) Sport US and Canadian with less than the full complement of players
short-handedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.short-handed - inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.short-handed - inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
inadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
Translations
short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] ADJfalto de mano de obra/personal
short-handed [ˈʃɔːtˈhændɪd] adja corto di personale


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After a scoreless first period, it only took 43 seconds to break the deadlock with a short-handed goal from captain Kieran Latchford, who broke up the middle, beat a defenceman and forced a good save from the Storms keeper with a good low shot.
Wideman's short-handed goal was the first for the Bruins this season.
Salem put the Warriors ahead in the eighth minute, but Sheffield levelled when Matt Haywood broke clear early in the middle session and the game stayed at 1-1 until Bryan Dunn netted that short-handed goal at 51.
 
 
 
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