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Individual statistics. GP – Games played – Number of games the player has set foot on the ice in the current season. G – Goals – Total number of goals the player has scored in the current season. A – Assists – Number of goals the player has assisted in the current season. P or PTS – Points – Scoring points, calculated as the sum ...
The Hockey Song. " The Hockey Song ", sometimes mistakenly called " The Good Old Hockey Game ", is a song written and originally performed by Canadian folksinger Stompin' Tom Connors. The song's first release was on Connors' 1973 album, Stompin' Tom and the Hockey Song. [1] The song was played at Ottawa Senators games in 1992, [2] after which ...
A. angling. Pushing an opposing team's player to the side in the defensive zone, keeping them out the middle of the defensive zone. [1] apple. A slang term for an assist. [2] assist. Attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed, or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate.
Shot on goal (ice hockey) An ultimately successful shot on goal during a youth ice hockey game. In ice hockey, a shot on goal is a shot that directs the puck towards the net and either goes into the net for a goal or is stopped by the goaltender for a save. A shot that is deflected wide or blocked by an opponent does not count as a shot on goal ...
The Hokey Pokey also known as Hokey Cokey in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Australia, and the Caribbean [ 1 ] is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries. It originates in a British folk dance, with variants attested as early as 1826.
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers of players, apparel, and playing surface, they share broad characteristics of two opposing teams using ...
www.nhl.com. The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey [liɡ nɑsjɔnal də ɔkɛ], LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams – 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, [5] is awarded annually to the league ...
The " Miracle on Ice " was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's hockey tournament. Though the Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medalist and heavily favored, the United ...