hockey game

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hockey game - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks

ice hockey, hockey

hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)

face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players

contact sport - a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players

athletic game - a game involving athletic activity

assist - (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

icing the puck, icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

power play - (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties; "the team was unable to capitalize on the power play"

check - obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

slapshot - a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick

penalty box - (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties

stick - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball

game misconduct - (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)

center - (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

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'It is time for Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to bring them together and organise some event for promotion of hockey game,' Samiullah said.

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Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho took a nasty tumble at an ice hockey game outside Moscow on Monday, drawing gasps and laughs after performing a ceremonial puck drop.

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Meanwhile, Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has said that revival of Hockey game is the need of the hour as it is the recognition of our country being the national game.

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Nadeem awarded 16 hockey sticks, six balls and goalkeeper kit to the club for the promotion of hockey game among U-16 and U-14 hockey players.

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Speaking to occasion, PIH-Pakistan Institute of Hockey secarctry Rao Javeed Iqbal said that like 8 cities in dadu hockey game has resumed in dadu and they had started 10 days camp as players can get learn.

Hockey game resume after 30 years in Dadu

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The opening hockey game, played at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, was dominated by Pakistan, who have won the tournament a record eight times.