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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The ice hockey committee also approved its format for the 2026 season with a unanimous vote.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Roads in that area were slick enough Saturday to play ice hockey in the street, as one person was seen doing in a social media video that the National Weather Service in Omaha reposted.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
Many were friends of friends or parents whose children played ice hockey with his son.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
My youngest daughter's a big hockey ice hockey player.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Roads in that area were slick enough Saturday to play ice hockey in the street, as one person was seen doing in a social media video that the National Weather Service in Omaha reposted.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
Many were friends of friends or parents whose children played ice hockey with his son.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
My youngest daughter's a big hockey ice hockey player.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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