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Ragging: Retaining the puck by clever stickhandling; often used by a shorthanded team to kill time.

Rearguard: A defenseman.

Rebound: A rebound occurs when the puck bounces off a goalie, a player, or the net (or occasionally, the back boards) after a shot on goal.

Red Light: A light behind the goal cage, next to the green light, that is turned on by the goal judge to indicate that a goal has been scored.

Red Line: A line, 12 inches wide, that extends across the ice midway between the goal lines. Also known as the center line.

Referee: The primary official(s) on the ice who makes sure that the rules of the game are followed. The referee wears on orange armband on his black-and-white sweater.

Referee’s Crease: A semi-circular area, with a 10 foot radius, marked in red on the ice in front of the timekeepers’ bench into which players may not follow a referee.

Restraining Circle: A faceoff circle.

Right Defenseman: This is a player who plays along the right side of the rink on defense

Right Wing: The forward who lines up and operates primarily on the right side of the ice, usually a right-handed shooter.

Rink: Where an ice hockey game is played. A hockey rink is 200 feet (61 meters) long and 85 feet (25.9 meters) wide in the nhl. In the olympics the rink is the same length but it is 100 feet (30.5 . . . View Full Definition

Ripple The Twine: Scoring a goal.

Rocked: Big hit

Rockered Blades: Used by professional ice hockey skaters; the gentle curve in a very sharp blade of an ice skate produced by rounding the toe and heel of the blade to make it easier for hockey players to tur . . . View Full Definition

Rockpile: A rookie.

Roster: A list of the players on a team.

Roughing: This is when a player makes a check or a hit on a player that is considered harder or rougher then a normal hit. This can result in either a minor or major penalty.

Rubber: Hockey puck.

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