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Man Advantage: When one team is penalized, and one of its players sent to the penalty box, the second team maintains a man advantage for the duration of the penalty (major penalty) or until a goal is score . . . View Full Definition

Man On: A warning from teammates to a player that an opposing player (that he may be unaware of) is near him. Usually given in loose puck situations.

Match: A hockey game.

Match Penalties: A match penalty involves the suspension of a player for the balance of the game and the player will be ordered to the dressing room immediately. This is the equivalent of hitting the showers . . . View Full Definition

Match-Up: A pairing of players on opposing teams who will cover each other during the hockey game.

Meat Wagon: If a players only skill is fighting/hitting, they are a meat wagon.

Minor Penalties: Any player, other than a goalkeeper, will be ruled off the ice for two minutes during which time no substitute will be permitted. A bench minor penalty involves sending off the ice one playe . . . View Full Definition

Minutes Played: The units of measure for a player's ice time; used to compute a goaltender's goals against average and similar statistics.

Misconduct Penalty: A 10-minute penalty assessed for such infractions as abusive language toward an official or prolonged fighting. The team doesn't have to play short-handed. See also game misconduct penalty.

Mucker: Similar to a grinder, but one who adds a more physical temperament to his game. This player tends to stir up trouble.

National Hockey League (NHL): A professional league started on november 22, 1917; currently contains 30 teams in the u.s. and canada.

Natural Hat-Trick: A natural hat-trick is when one player scores three goals in a row without any player from either team scoring in between them, also when three goals are scored by one player in one period.

Net: The goal; netting attached to the goalposts and frame of the goal to trap the puck when a goal is scored.

Netminder: The goaltender.

Neutral Zone: The area on the ice between the blue lines.

Neutral Zone Trap: The neutral zone trap is a defensive ice hockey strategy used by a team to prevent an opposing team from proceeding through the neutral zone (the area between both blue lines) by forcing tur . . . View Full Definition

Norris Division: With the smythe division made up the campbell conference until the 1992-93 season; renamed the central division of the western conference starting with the 1993-94 season.

Obscene Gestures: Players will not use obscene gestures on the ice, (sure they wonít) or anywhere in the rink before, during or after the game. We wonder how long after the game and does this count for the of . . . View Full Definition

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