HOCKEY SLANG
Terms for offensive maneuvers in hockey
(Entries submitted by hockey forum members)
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"He beat him like a rented mule" ??? That's a classic
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"Top shelf, where your dad keeps the good stuff!"
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Putting it where Mom puts the cookie jar.
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"Upstairs with the peanut butter"
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"He put some mustard on that one" - hard shot
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"He's givin' him the business" - scuffle in the corner, or a one-sided scrap
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SKATING & STICKHANDLING:
to "split the D"
to "turn someone inside-out"
to "crash the crease"
a "(Savardian) spin-o-rama"
to "dangle with the puck"
to "have the puck on a string"
to "leave someone with their jock-strap on the ice"
a "break-away" or "in all alone"
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PASSING:
"thread the pass"
"no-look pass"
"blind pass"
"drop pass"
"feather pass"
"a floater"
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SHOOTING & SHOTS:
"wire a shot"
"fire the puck"
"hammer the puck"
"that puck had eyes on it"
"a knuckle-baller"
"a floater"
"a rocket"
"a blast"
"a cannon"
"a laser"
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GOALS:
a marker
a tally
a strike
to "put the puck away", or to "put the game away"
an "insurance goal"
a "garbage goal"
a "highlight reel" goal
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