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Boarding: This is when a player checks another player into the boards in a very vicious manner and the player being hit, has no way to protect themselves. This is an illegal hit.

Boards: The wall around the ice that is topped with plexiglas or other clear material. It is also referred to as the 'glass.'

Body Check: When a hockey player bumps or slams into an opponent with either his hip or shoulder (the only legal moves) to block his progress or throw him off-balance; it is only allowed against an oppo . . . View Full Definition

Box: 1) a defensive formation, when a team is short-handed, in which the four remaining skaters form a square. 2) the penalty box.

Break: A chance to start a rush when the opposing forwards are caught out of position.

Breakaway: A fast break in which an attacker with the puck skates in alone on the goalie, having gotten past or clear of the defensemen, trapping the opponents behind the play.

Breaking Pass: A pass to a teammate who is trying for a breakaway.

Breakout: A method of moving the puck out of the defensive zone and beginning an attack.

Breakout Pass: This is a pass made to another player who is moving for a breakaway.

Butt: The top end of the hockey stick.

Butt-Ending: A major penalty which occurs when a player jabs an opponent with the shaft of his hockey stick.

Butterfly: This is a goaltending technique where goalie will keep his knees together but his feet slightly apart. This position allows the goalie to quickly drop to the ice to block a shot and then qui . . . View Full Definition

Cage: Another name for the net.

Campbell Conference: Was one of the two conferences in the nhl that contained the norris and smythe divisions until 1992-93; renamed the western conference in 1993.

Carom: A rebound of the puck off the boards or any other object.

Catching Glove: The glove worn by the goalie on the non-stick hand.

Caught Up Ice: When a player is in his team's offensive zone while the puck and the other players are in his teamís defensive zone.

Center: The player in the center of a team's forward line. He takes most of the faceoffs and often leads an attack by carrying the puck into the attacking zone, then shooting or passing to a teammate.

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