wrist shot
noun
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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That save loomed large as, just a few minutes later, Michaels effectively put this game away with a wrist shot off the rush, making it 4-2 with 12:44 to go.
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Steven Lorentz gave his team a 2-1 lead by firing a wicked wrist shot for a short-handed goal in the early third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
The Frost were 52 seconds from killing off the penalty when Toronto’s Emma Maltais beat Maddie Rooney on a wrist shot from the slot to tie the game.
—Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
Hischier finally got his second of the game and dampened the sellout crowd’s hopes of a comeback when his wrist shot from just inside the blue line glanced off Wild captain Jared Spurgeon’s shin pad and fluttered past Gustavsson’s glove, off the post and in.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Steven Lorentz gave his team a 2-1 lead by firing a wicked wrist shot for a short-handed goal in the early third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
The Frost were 52 seconds from killing off the penalty when Toronto’s Emma Maltais beat Maddie Rooney on a wrist shot from the slot to tie the game.
—Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
Hischier finally got his second of the game and dampened the sellout crowd’s hopes of a comeback when his wrist shot from just inside the blue line glanced off Wild captain Jared Spurgeon’s shin pad and fluttered past Gustavsson’s glove, off the post and in.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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