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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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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
With the Sharks trailing 2-1 midway through the second period, Smith poked the puck off the stick of Jonathan Beecher to himself in the neutral zone, worked a give-and-go with Mikael Granlund, and beat Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot to the short side.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
His wrist shot has a deceptive release that regularly beats goalies clean.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
circa 1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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