ice hockey
noun
: a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick
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Listen to this article 2 min Jelly Roll’s wife turned up the heat at an ice hockey rink while supporting her country star husband.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Be aware: Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon join forces to play for Canada at the ice hockey world championship after 10 years.
—Karel Janicek, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
The nine teams that recorded perfect 1000 single-year APR scores in 2023-24 were: men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s ice hockey, women’s lacrosse, softball, women’s soccer, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
Sandler reprises his role as the titular unsuccessful ice hockey player turned unlikely golf pro.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 31 May 2025
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Be aware: Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon join forces to play for Canada at the ice hockey world championship after 10 years.
—Karel Janicek, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
The nine teams that recorded perfect 1000 single-year APR scores in 2023-24 were: men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s ice hockey, women’s lacrosse, softball, women’s soccer, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
Sandler reprises his role as the titular unsuccessful ice hockey player turned unlikely golf pro.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 31 May 2025
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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