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In ice hockey, a deke is a type of feint or fake technique whereby a player draws an opposing player out of position or skates by the opponent while maintaining possession and control of the puck. [1] The term is a Canadianism formed by abbreviating the word decoy. [2] [3]
René Fasel, the former president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, has spoken out against fighting in the sport. The Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine announced in Position Statement in 1988 that "Fighting does cause injuries, which range from fractures of the hands and face to lacerations and eye injuries. At present, it is an ...
Also trapper or catching glove. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. centre Also center. A forward position whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice. change on the fly Substituting a player from the bench during live play, i.e. not during a stoppage prior to a faceoff. charging The act of taking more than three strides or ...
John Angelo Spano Jr. (born May 31, 1964) is an American businessman and convicted fraudster. He is best known for briefly buying control of the New York Islanders franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1996, before it emerged that he had barely a fraction of the assets to buy the team; he used fraud to borrow enough money to initiate the purchase, believing he could use the ...
Taro Tsujimoto [a] is a fictitious Japanese ice hockey player who was selected in the 1974 National Hockey League Amateur Draft as the 183rd overall pick by the Buffalo Sabres. The decision to draft a non-existent player was made by Sabres general manager Punch Imlach , who was frustrated by the absurd length of the draft, and in the late ...
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Bo Horvat and Evgeni Malkin lineup for a face-off during a National Hockey League game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks in November 2015. A face-off is the method used to begin and restart play after goals in some sports using sticks, primarily ice hockey, bandy, floorball, broomball, rinkball, and lacrosse.