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Offsides: When a player enters the attacking zone before the puck, and that player touches the puck.

False Start: The sudden movement of the offense in an effort to draw the defense offsides.

Clearing The Zone: When a defending player sends the puck out of the opponent's attacking zone, all the attacking players must leave or clear the zone to avoid being called offsides when the puck reenters the zone.

Blue Lines: Two blue, 12-inch wide lines running parallel across the ice, each 60 feet from the goal; they divide the rink into three zones called the attacking, defending and neutral (or center) zones; . . . View Full Definition