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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Then, with 2:25 remaining, Zach Aston-Reese’s wrist shot off the rush from the left circle hit the left post behind Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick.
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Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Cale Makar added the fourth tally of the period with a wrist shot from near the top of the zone through traffic.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Anaheim then cut it to 3-2 at the 19:12 mark when McTavish finished a 2-on-1 break with a wrist shot inside the near post, past Bobrovsky’s glove side.
—Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Vancouver’s middling first-period effort turned a bit sour when Tage Thompson uncorked a heavy wrist shot low through layered traffic that eluded Thatcher Demko and gave the Sabres an early 1-0 lead.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Cale Makar added the fourth tally of the period with a wrist shot from near the top of the zone through traffic.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Anaheim then cut it to 3-2 at the 19:12 mark when McTavish finished a 2-on-1 break with a wrist shot inside the near post, past Bobrovsky’s glove side.
—Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Vancouver’s middling first-period effort turned a bit sour when Tage Thompson uncorked a heavy wrist shot low through layered traffic that eluded Thatcher Demko and gave the Sabres an early 1-0 lead.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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