150 Hockey Slang Terms Every Player and Fan Should Know

150 Hockey Slang Terms Every Player and Fan Should Know

150 Hockey Slang Terms

  1. Apple – assist

  2. Barn – the arena

  3. Bar down – puck hits crossbar and goes in

  4. Beauty – great player or great play

  5. Bender – bad skater

  6. Biscuit – the puck

  7. Bucket – helmet

  8. Celly – goal celebration

  9. Chirp – trash talk

  10. Clapper – slapshot

  11. Dangle – fancy stickhandling

  12. Dish – pass

  13. Drop the mitts – start a fight

  14. Ferda – for the boys

  15. Five hole – between goalie’s legs

  16. Flow – long hockey hair

  17. Gino – goal

  18. Greasy goal – ugly goal scored near net

  19. Grinder – hardworking player

  20. Hands – stickhandling ability

  21. Hatty – hat trick

  22. Headman – pass up ice

  23. Hoser – insult for opponent

  24. Howitzer – extremely hard shot

  25. Ice tilt – one team dominating

  26. Johnny Hockey – highly skilled player

  27. Kick save – save with the goalie’s leg

  28. Lettuce – long hair

  29. Light the lamp – score a goal

  30. Lip lettuce – mustache

  31. Mittsy – great hands

  32. Muffin – weak shot

  33. Nasty – extremely skilled play

  34. Net front – area in front of the goalie

  35. Pigeon – player who scores easy goals

  36. Pipe – goal post

  37. Pylon – slow defenseman

  38. Rag the puck – waste time with puck

  39. Rip – shoot hard

  40. Rocket – extremely hard shot

  41. Sauce – saucer pass

  42. Saucer pass – lifted pass over sticks

  43. Snipe – perfectly placed shot

  44. Sniper – goal scorer

  45. Tape to tape – perfect pass

  46. The show – the NHL

  47. Top cheese – top corner of net

  48. Twig – hockey stick

  49. Wheel – skate fast

  50. Wheels – speed

  51. Boys – teammates

  52. Chirpy – someone who talks trash

  53. Duster – bad player

  54. Goon – fighter/enforcer

  55. Hang em up – retire

  56. Ice time – time on ice

  57. Linemates – players on same line

  58. Plug – useless player

  59. Shift – time during play

  60. Squad – the team

  61. Breakaway – player alone vs goalie

  62. Forecheck – pressure offensive zone

  63. Backcheck – skate back defensively

  64. Neutral zone – center ice area

  65. Odd man rush – rush with advantage

  66. Power play – man advantage

  67. Penalty kill – defending shorthanded

  68. Point shot – shot from blue line

  69. Slot – dangerous scoring area

  70. Screen – block goalie vision

  71. Barn burner – high scoring game

  72. Beautician – player with great hair

  73. Buzzer beater – last second goal

  74. Crispy – perfectly executed play

  75. Filthy – incredible skill move

  76. Gas – skate hard

  77. Hockey guy – classic hockey personality

  78. Juice – momentum

  79. Keep your head up – warning about hit

  80. NHL edge – elite talent

  81. Atta boy – good job

  82. Bad change – poor line change

  83. Bench minor – penalty from bench

  84. Good stick – strong defensive play

  85. Heads up – pay attention

  86. Next shift – forget the mistake

  87. Short shift – quick shift

  88. Stay out there – continue shift

  89. Talk – communicate

  90. Wheel it – skate with puck

  91. Bar Mexico – underside of crossbar

  92. Bingo – perfect shot

  93. Dust off – prepare to shoot

  94. Gong show – chaotic game

  95. Puck luck – lucky bounce

  96. Salad – long hair

  97. Toe drag – stickhandling move

  98. Waffleboard – goalie blocker

  99. Wraparound – skate behind net to score

  100. Yard sale – equipment scattered after hit

  101. One timer – immediate shot off pass

  102. Biscuit in the basket – puck in the net

  103. Game sheet – official stats sheet

  104. Flow show – display of hockey hair

  105. Heavy shot – powerful shot

  106. Iron – goal post

  107. Kick plate – boards near ice

  108. Laser – very fast shot

  109. Liney – linesman

  110. Mitts – hands/stickhandling

  111. Nosebleeds – very high seats in arena

  112. Off the rush – quick attack play

  113. Pick corner – shoot top corner

  114. Puck mover – defenseman who passes well

  115. Quick release – fast shot

  116. Rebound – loose puck after save

  117. Rush – fast offensive attack

  118. Sauce pass – elevated pass

  119. Second effort – extra push for play

  120. Silky – smooth skill

  121. Skate sharp – stop quickly

  122. Soft hands – smooth puck control

  123. Stretch pass – long pass up ice

  124. Take a run – attempt big hit

  125. Thread the needle – precise pass

  126. Tic tac toe – quick passing play

  127. Toe pick – trip on skate toe

  128. Top shelf – top corner goal

  129. Two way player – strong offense and defense

  130. Weak side – opposite side of play

  131. Work the cycle – maintain puck along boards

  132. Wrench – very hard shot

  133. Zip – fast puck movement

  134. Skate it out – carry puck out of zone

  135. Deep dish – deep pass into zone

  136. Pinch – defenseman moves forward offensively

  137. Grinder line – checking line

  138. Grinder shift – physical shift

  139. Hammer – extremely hard shot

  140. High slot – shooting area above slot

  141. Low slot – area near crease

  142. Net drive – attack net aggressively

  143. Puck battle – fight for puck along boards

  144. Quick stick – fast poke or shot

  145. Rip it – shoot the puck hard

  146. Snapper – snap shot

  147. Soft goal – easy goal allowed

  148. Stone him – goalie makes huge save

  149. Tape job – tape on stick blade

  150. Tilt – hockey game

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