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Definition of Hockey game
1. Noun. 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.
Examples of category: Hat Trick, Face-off, Assist, Icing, Icing The Puck, Power Play, Penalty Box, Stick, Game Misconduct, Center, Period
Terms within: Face-off, Check, Slapshot
Generic synonyms: Contact Sport, Athletic Game
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hockey Game
Literary usage of Hockey game
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"We suggest that an average environmental concentration of 20 ppm of CO for the
duration of a hockey game (90 minutes) should be reference limit not to be ..."
2. At West Point: A Practical Course in Speaking and Writing French by Charles Fletcher Martin, George Moor Russell (1918)
"Would you like to watch the hockey game for a little while (pendant quelque temps) ?
5. Have you never seen us skate ? 6. Why did you have to give up ..."
3. The Bobbsey Twins: Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out by Laura Lee Hope (1904)
"As the hockey game was not yet begun they spent half an hour in driving over ...
When the hockey game started the crowd watched every move with interest. ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"Roy, Warren and Chub played finely, and Hadden, considering the fact that he had
never before played goal in a hockey game, did excellent work and stopped ..."
5. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
""Kid's got a hockey game tonight so I'm gonna watch. Always on the phone, though."
"You mean 'yes,'" says Larry. "You're at a hockey game. ..."