How to Use the neutral zone in a Sentence

the neutral zone

noun

• Sam Bennett won the puck back in the neutral zone and passed it to Evan Rodrigues.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2024
• The Oilers opened up the Panthers off the rush in Games 4, 5 and 6 with stretch passes and speed through the neutral zone.
  — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• In the second quarter, on a Rams punt, he was flagged for lining up in the neutral zone.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Eklund carried the puck across his own blue line and found Mikael Granlund with a cross-ice pass in the neutral zone.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• Wilson used a hard count to get the Commanders to jump into the neutral zone and forced the penalty to end the game.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
• If the line of voters goes past the flags, the neutral zone extends 10 feet beyond those voters.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
• The Sharks will want to take away time and space from these players, forcing them to play in their end and not gifting them the puck in the neutral zone.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
• Moore’s goal came on a breakaway at 4:07, set up by a spinning pass from Fiala in the neutral zone.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• In the opening minutes of Game 3, Bennett collided on the boards with Marchand in the neutral zone at the benches.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
• The idea for the defending team is to make the attacking side either turn the puck over or dump it into offensive end from the neutral zone.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• Smith intercepted a rim pass and moved it to Nick Foligno, who spun on his defender and passed to Pat Maroon in the neutral zone.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
• Intentional grounding is now allowed as long as the passer is outside of the tackle box and the forward pass reaches the neutral zone.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• The physicality of the CM forwards proved fruitful at winning pucks along the wall and strong backchecks bottlenecked the Spartans through the neutral zone, taking away the middle of the ice.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Makes pinpoint passes all over the ice; crisp breakouts, long stretch passes through the neutral zone and imaginative set-ups at the offensive end.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Can carry the puck up through the neutral zone effectively and finds linemates at the offensive end with creative passes.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Taking a feed from Hampus Lindholm in the neutral zone, Hall glided over the Panthers’ blue line on a power play early in the second period.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• Whitecloud, one of Vegas’ big but mobile defensemen, gathered the puck in the neutral zone and spied Chandler Stephenson streaking up the middle.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
• Outside the neutral zone, or beyond the flags, campaigning and petitions are allowed.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
• Perron followed up with a breakaway goal at the period's midpoint, taking a pass from Jordan Oesterle and racing up ice from the neutral zone to score for the 21st time this season.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
• In the first period, Lukas Reichel made one of his strongest plays this season, splitting defenders in the neutral zone and hesitating on a defender’s slide technique before slipping the puck to Craig Smith for a tip-in goal and a 1-0 lead.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025