wrist shot
noun
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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Junior center Noah Laba beat DU goalie Matt Davis with a wrist shot from the high slot on CC’s first shot on goal of the contest.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
Kraft completed his hat trick with another wrist shot at 12:08 and, after Jarvis redirected a pass from Volkman to get Stillwater on the board, Kraft struck again.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
McTavish scored with a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle for a 2-1 lead at 13:37.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first goal of the game, scored from his office on the power play for his second and sailed a shot into an empty net from his own zone to complete the hat trick.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
Kraft completed his hat trick with another wrist shot at 12:08 and, after Jarvis redirected a pass from Volkman to get Stillwater on the board, Kraft struck again.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
McTavish scored with a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle for a 2-1 lead at 13:37.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first goal of the game, scored from his office on the power play for his second and sailed a shot into an empty net from his own zone to complete the hat trick.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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