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High-Sticking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player carries his stick above the normal height of his opponent’s shoulders and hits or menaces the opponent with it; if injury is caused it becomes a ma . . . View Full Definition

Hip Check: A check on which the defensive player bumps the opponent with the hip. As a verb, to execute such a check.

Hip Checking: Using your hips to block or hit an opponent and knock them off stride.

Holding: A minor penalty which occurs when a player grabs and holds onto an opponent (or his stick) with his hands or arms to impede the opponent’s progress.

Holding The Puck: An infraction, incurring a minor penalty, that occurs when a player other than a goalie deliberately falls on the puck, gathers the puck under his body while lying on the ice, or closes his . . . View Full Definition

Home Team: The team in whose arena the game is being played; the team wearing the lighter uniforms.

Hook Check: a sweep of the stick low to the ice to take the puck from an opponent’s stick.

Hooking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player attempts to impede the progress of another player by hooking any part of the opponent’s body with the blade of his stick; an illegal use of one’s stick.

Howitzer: A very fast slap shot.

Ice Time: The amount of time that the player is on the ice during a game when the clock is running.

Icing: When a player from one team shoots the puck from across the red line to and across the oppositionís goal line and the puck is then touched by a player from the other team, this is icing. Whe . . . View Full Definition

Icing The Puck: When a player from one team shoots the puck from across the red line to and across the oppositionís goal line and the puck is then touched by a player from the other team, this is icing. Whe . . . View Full Definition

In The Net: Said of the goalie, as in, 'dominik hasek is in the net tonight.'

Interference: Checking or otherwise impeding the motion of an opponent who is not in possession of or contention for the puck, except immediately after the opponent has taken a shot or made a pass. Incurs . . . View Full Definition

Intermission: A fifteen-minute recess between each of the three periods of a hockey game.

J Shot: A snap shot that is started in the form of the letter j.

Jill: A jock (or for females, a jill) are simple devices used to protect the genitalia of an ice hockey player.

Jock: A jock (or for females, a jill) are simple devices used to protect the genitalia of an ice hockey player.

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