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
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Angela Ruggiero is a four-time Olympian and gold medalist for Team USA ice hockey, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Angela Ruggiero, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
To set the scene: Remember how one of the subplots of the first Inside Out was that Riley, the tween girl in whose brain much of the film takes place, was really into ice hockey?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 17 June 2024
One area, in particular, that ESPN+ excels is in its coverage of men's and women's NCAA sports, including basketball, baseball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling).
—PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Jackson played ice hockey for Princeton and was close to making the 2006 Olympic hockey team before making the shift to triathlon.
—Outside Online, 2 July 2024
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Angela Ruggiero, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
To set the scene: Remember how one of the subplots of the first Inside Out was that Riley, the tween girl in whose brain much of the film takes place, was really into ice hockey?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 17 June 2024
One area, in particular, that ESPN+ excels is in its coverage of men's and women's NCAA sports, including basketball, baseball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling).
—PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Jackson played ice hockey for Princeton and was close to making the 2006 Olympic hockey team before making the shift to triathlon.
—Outside Online, 2 July 2024
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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