ice hockey

noun

: a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick

Examples of ice hockey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Kelsie Whitmore, 26, is the first female baseball player to have appeared in Atlantic League and Pioneer League games, and Laila Edwards, 20, is the first Black woman to have suited up for the U.S. senior national ice hockey team. —Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

Merrimack College's ice hockey team went pretty deep into its bench for a starting goalie this week. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024

After three decades away from the ice hockey rink, The Mighty Ducks star Shaun Weiss shared a series of photos of himself in a familiar getup in an Instagram post Sunday. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024

According to the former tight end, Capobianco, 38, was a member of the university's ice hockey team while Gronkowski pursued his football dreams. —Natasha Dye, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

ice hockey

noun

: a game played on an ice rink in which two teams of skating players use curved sticks to try to shoot a puck into the opponent's goal