center ice

noun

: the middle section of an ice hockey rink

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On the next shift, the Wild found their defensive corps reduced as Jake Middleton threw hands with Utah’s Jack McBain at center ice, and both men got a five-minute break. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025 Jonathan Drouin collected an outlet pass from Samuel Girard near center ice and dropped it off to MacKinnon. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025 With a minute to go, Granlund had the puck on his stick again at center ice before Sidney Crosby stripped him with a crushing bodycheck, then whirled and fired into the empty net to clinch the win for the Canadians. Carol Schram, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 The scoreboard that hangs from the rafters at center ice inside 3M Arena at Mariucci only has two digits that show up in the season record after the final horn blows. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for center ice

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“Center ice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20ice. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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