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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Ekblad made it 1-0 with 5:22 left in the first period on a wrist shot from the right circle after getting a pass from Sam Reinhart.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
However the lead lasted less than three minutes before Kane tied it on a wrist shot from the high slot.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Panthers’ lead was short-lived, as Mitchell Chafee tied the game up 12:21 into the second period, and 11 seconds later, Erik Cernak gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead with a wrist shot past Sergei Bobrovsky.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
Gustavsson was beaten three minutes into the third period on a Howden wrist shot off the rush after Zach Bogosian slid to the middle and gave Howden and open lane; the puck bounced in off the Wild goaltender’s right shoulder.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
However the lead lasted less than three minutes before Kane tied it on a wrist shot from the high slot.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Panthers’ lead was short-lived, as Mitchell Chafee tied the game up 12:21 into the second period, and 11 seconds later, Erik Cernak gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead with a wrist shot past Sergei Bobrovsky.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
Gustavsson was beaten three minutes into the third period on a Howden wrist shot off the rush after Zach Bogosian slid to the middle and gave Howden and open lane; the puck bounced in off the Wild goaltender’s right shoulder.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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