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Hockey Words & Phrases
by Paul on 12/03/08 at 09:46 AM ET
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from Ted Montgomery at USA TODAY,
Many words and phrases have seeped into the hockey lexicon over the years; some of them work well, and some of them are just embarrassing....
The terms “left wing lock” and “the trap” became part of the hockey dictionary in the 1990s, when the New Jersey Devils, and then the Detroit Red Wings, employed a suffocating style of team defense that made it difficult for the opposing team to mount much of an offense. Those terms have pretty much gone out of style as very few teams play that way in today’s NHL. This is evidenced by the increase in scoring this season. I think that makes for a better brand of hockey.
I do like the phrase “power forward,” which started gaining acceptance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It perfectly describes what Rick Tocchet, Brendan Shanahan, Cam Neely and a host of others brought to the ice.
It’s only been about two years now that the phrase “secondary scoring” has come into play. Apparently, it means getting offense from your third and fourth lines.
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