Montreal's Travis Moen and Boston's Adam McQuaid are dancing, of course. What did you think it was - an actual dance?ĭrop the mitts: In order to properly prepare for a donnybrook/fisticuffs/go/tilt, a player needs to drop the mitts.įisticuffs: Yawn. Chippy often precedes dropping the mitts/donnybrooks/tilts/dances.ĭance: Of course, a dance on the ice is a fight. Gone are the days of knock-'em-down, blood-bouncing-off-the-ice, all-out brawls, but hockey still has an entire vocabulary dedicated to fights.Ĭhippy: When things start to get a little bit testy and feisty on the ice, it's getting chippy. You can't talk hockey without talking about fights. Also referred to as a "wicked wrister" (or "wristah," if you're in Boston). Wrister: A wrister is a wrist shot, which is another way to say that the arm is used to generate force. Over the years, several variations on top shelf have evolved, including "top shelf where Mama don't dust" and "top shelf where Mama hides the cookies" (via Buffalo Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret). If a player goes "top shelf," he's scored a goal in the upper part of the net.
Top shelf: This is definitely one of my favorite hockeyisms. A player who "snipes" is a "sniper." See? It's not that complicated. Snipe: An accurate long-term shot from a distance. What's a slap shot? A hard shot on which a player lifts his stick above or around his waist to wind up. Slapper: Slapper is another word for a slap shot. A shorty is when a team scores a goal with fewer men on the ice during an opponent's power play. Shorty: I wish this was a chance for me to talk about one of my favorite musicians, Troy Andrews (aka Trombone Shorty), but it's slang for a shorthanded goal. Roof:A player dangles, and if he puts the biscuit in top shelf, he even might have roofed it. When a player takes a pass and immediately shoots without pausing or handling the puck between the pass and the shot, that's a one-timer. One-timer:This is another hockey phrase that could mean something much less innocent away from the rink. I'm tempted to make a totally outdated joke referencing Dr. The 5-hole is one of the classic hockey phrases that just seems right. The fifth hole is the gap between the legs. Holes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the four corners of the net. When a shot hits the top of the net with such force that it knocks the water bottle off, that's a bottle knocker.ĥ-hole: If a player "goes 5-hole," his shot goes through the goalie's legs. Not surprisingly, when the goal of the game is to get the biscuit in the basket, we've got a whole litany of terms for different types of shots and ways to score.īottle knocker: A goalie typically keeps his water bottle on the top of the net. What am I talking about? A wooden hockey stick, of course. Woody: Most hockey players today don't play with woodies, preferring the more modern high-tech composites. This may be limited to Wisconsin and Minnesota, but it's still worth mentioning. When somebody scores, he puts the "biscuit in the basket." Now I'm hungry.īreezers: This sounds like a cheesy alcoholic beverage, but it's another word for hockey pants. Remember what I said about the sport having its own language? Here are the basic tools of the game.īarn: Hockey arena/rink where the game is played.īiscuit: A hockey puck. You might think it's pretty straightforward, but this is hockey. Tools of the tradeįirst, let's get the game equipment squared away. With special thanks to and my friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter, we've got you covered with lots of phrases you might hear in Vancouver and Boston over the coming weeks. How about a dangler with a deke? We'll see goons drop the mitts for a dance. During the Stanley Cup finals, we'll see a sniper go 5-hole or top shelf where Mama don't dust with a slapper or laser to put the biscuit in the basket or light the lamp.
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