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But that didn’t stop Panthers president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Zito from swinging big this offseason.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026 The country was playing in the World Cup for just the third time and the run enchanted a nation that is normally far more interested in hockey than the pitch.—ABC News,
4 July 2026 Masubuchi would spin a hockey stick with fireworks attached to it around his head.—
Anya Armentrout,
Twin Cities,
4 July 2026 The country was playing in the World Cup for just the third time, and the run enchanted a nation that is normally far more interested in hockey than the pitch.—
Kristie Rieken,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hockey
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook