Word: pucks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard continued to roll up the score in the third period, when Pete Mueller flicked in a 15-footer after a nice feed by Smith at 13:07, and when Parrot slipped the puck through the Yale defense and then followed it for a point-blank goal...
Blue Lines. Twin lines running parallel across the width of the ice that divide the rink into three 60-ft. zones-attacking, defending and neutral (center ice). When a team is on the attack, the puck must cross the opponent's blue line ahead of all offensive players (to prevent them from lurking around the goal, waiting for a length-of-the-ice pass); otherwise play is stopped and reopened with a face...
Crease. The 4-ft. by 8-ft. rectangle in front of each goal that is off limits to all attacking players unless the puck is already in the area. The crease is designed to protect the goalie from constant screening or being driven into the net by the offense's interference...
...means, legal or otherwise, of breaking up an attack. Basic is the body check, which is similar to a football block and carries some of the same restrictions: it cannot be thrown from behind or below the knee. Also it can only be leveled at the man with the puck. Cross-checking, or rapping a player with the stick lifted completely off the ice, is patently illegal. Legal defensive moves include poke checking, which is simply an attempt to jab the puck free, and hook checking, which is usually a desperation gambit-the off-balance defender hooks his stick around...
...that a penalty generally entails suspension from the game for a specified length of time. A minor penalty carries a two-minute suspension, and is imposed for such offenses as illegal checks, high-sticking (raising the stick above shoulder height), charging, tripping, slashing, kneeing, elbowing and intentionally shooting the puck out of the rink. A major penalty (five minutes' suspension) is generally meted out for starting fist fights or roughing the goalie. Deliberate or provocative infractions, particularly those involving officials or fans, can lead to stiffer penalties: misconduct, ten minutes on the bench; game misconduct, suspension for the balance...