First hockey defence/agression
Across
- 2. The act of impeding an opponent by placing the blade of a stick into their body, an illegal action which incurs a penalty.
- 3. A penalty in which the offending player is ruled off the ice for 10 minutes, but may be substituted with another player on the ice.
- 6. The area on the hockey rink directly in front of the goaltender between the face-off circles on each side.
- 9. A series of fights involving most, or all, players on the ice at the same time.
- 12. The act of checking an opponent with the shaft of the stick held in both hands, an illegal action which incurs a penalty.
- 14. In the NHL, an office in the Toronto headquarters where games are viewed and reviewed.
- 17. Falling down due to the toe of the skate hitting the ice at a sharp angle.
- 19. Pushing an opposing team's player to the side in your defensive zone, keeping them out the middle of the defensive zone.
- 20. An action of a player that results in a 2-minute minor penalty deemed by the referee to be a minor act not severe enough to warrant a 10-minute misconduct or game misconduct.
Down
- 1. The act of impeding an opponent by grabbing onto them, an illegal action which incurs a penalty.
- 4. Either of two players who are positioned further back on the ice than the forwards, with the primary responsibility of clearing the zone in front of their team's goal in order to prevent the opposing team from making offensive plays.
- 5. Use of the hip or body to hit an opponent, with the intention of pinning them against the boards or knocking them down to the ice, or otherwise disrupting their ability to control the puck.
- 7. A five-minute penalty.
- 8. One of three areas of the ice as divided by the blue lines, either the attacking, neutral, or defensive.
- 10. When two or more players punch each other repeatedly.
- 11. Checking a defenseless player and causing them to violently impact the boards, an illegal action which incurs a penalty.
- 13. The act of taking more than three strides or leaving the ground in order to deliver a body check, an illegal action which incurs a penalty.
- 15. A two-minute penalty.
- 16. Typically referred to when there is time and space to skate with the puck, sometimes is said to tell someone to skate faster.
- 18. The act of contacting an opponent's body or stick with one's own as a result of a swinging motion. A penalty.