How to Use ice hockey in a Sentence

ice hockey

noun
  • The two broke their talks to play ice hockey and were due to meet again Saturday.
    Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Greater Cincinnati had no ice hockey teams left in play, the fourth winter tournament canceled.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • More protective equipment like large gloves are worn in ice hockey, but there is not sufficient face covering.
    oregonlive, 10 June 2020
  • The Northern Kentucky Norse high school ice hockey team has been heating up the rinks for the past few years.
    James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Currently, only athletes in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey are required to sit a year.
    Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Ultimately, that demand led volunteers and city officials to set up a weekly food bank at the ice hockey stadium near the river.
    Laetitia Vancon, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2020
  • The women’s world ice hockey championship, to be played in Canada beginning March 31, has been canceled.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The decision affects championships in all winter and spring sports, including baseball, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, softball, tennis and track.
    Alan Blinder, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The Jabra Speak2 75 is about the size of an ice hockey puck out of the box.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Kent played both lacrosse and ice hockey of the Eagles.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There’s no ice hockey in the Summer Olympics, of course.
    Sylvia Gurinsky, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Most ice hockey sticks feature some sort of a curve in the blade.
    Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • In the summer of 2015, the future of ice hockey in China looked promising.
    Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps its highest-profile role was as the host of the ice hockey games in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Who's hot in Greater Cincinnati high school ice hockey?
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Karen was talking about how their twins are playing ice hockey for the first time and loving the new rink in town.
    John Kenney, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For kids growing up in East Baltimore, ice hockey is rarely the sport of choice.
    Shawn Hubbard, New York Times, 21 May 2022
  • Slovakia upset the United States in men's ice hockey in one of the biggest shocks of the Winter Olympics.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • In ice hockey and field hockey, a hat trick is when a player scores three goals in a single game.
    Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • High-risk sports, such as football, wrestling and ice hockey, can practice but cannot play.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • First of all, no kid who is on a travel soccer team of any note is going to have time to play lacrosse and ice hockey.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • In various sports such as soccer or ice hockey, the team that scores first has a much greater chance of winning the game.
    Brent Dykes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • For the director, the ice hockey team called to mind a flock of birds always moving in the same direction.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • New York does not allowed ice hockey, classified as high-risk, to be played in- or out-of-state.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • In winter and spring McCaughey plays ice hockey and baseball for the Bombers.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But not all the videos showing up between clips of ice hockey and speed skating were pro-China.
    Morgan Meaker, Wired, 11 Feb. 2022
  • He gets absorbed in all-male games, like stick ball and ice hockey, while Remi looks on from behind a glass wall.
    Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • With areas in town that were used for the big event, many teams from ice hockey to skiing flock to the area for practice and tournaments to use the Olympic venues.
    James Barrett, Redbook, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Sweden beats Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout for the gold medal at the world ice hockey championship in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
  • Zachary and Gregory, Nicola’s younger twin brothers, are ice hockey players who prefer to keep out of the spotlight.
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024

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