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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Mikkola tallied his second goal of the night with 13:34 left in the third period, getting the puck on a three-on-two rush and firing a wrist shot past Kochetkov.
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Carolina evened at 1-1 with 5:09 left in the second on a Taylor Hall wrist shot that proved Sergei Bobrovsky human.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
With a power-play wrist shot in the second period of the Washington Capitals’ 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Sunday, Alex Ovechkin completed his Gr8 Chase, scoring for the 895th time in his illustrious career to overtake Wayne Gretzky and set an NHL record for regular-season goals.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
O’Leary snapped a low wrist shot about 20 feet out past Yegorov.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Carolina evened at 1-1 with 5:09 left in the second on a Taylor Hall wrist shot that proved Sergei Bobrovsky human.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
With a power-play wrist shot in the second period of the Washington Capitals’ 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Sunday, Alex Ovechkin completed his Gr8 Chase, scoring for the 895th time in his illustrious career to overtake Wayne Gretzky and set an NHL record for regular-season goals.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
O’Leary snapped a low wrist shot about 20 feet out past Yegorov.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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