5 Hole:
The space between a goalies pads

Assist:
Point awarded to a player or players for helping set up a goal; usually the last two offensive players to handle the puck prior to a goal being scored are credited for assists.

Back-Checking:
Forwards in the opponents zone skate back to their own zone to protect their goal and prevent the opponents from shooting.

Blue Lines:
The pair of lines (blue) that extend across the width of the rink.  They separate the rink into attacking, neutral and defending zones.

Boards:
The wooden, glass, or plexi-glass walls that surround the rink.

Body Check:
Using the hip or shoulder to impede the progress of an opponent who has the puck.  BODY CHECKS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN OUR LEAGUE AND WILL RESULT IN A PENALTY.

Breakaway:
A scoring opportunity that occurs when there are no defending players between the puck carrier and the opposing goaltender.

Butt-Ending:
To hit an opponent using the end of the stick farthest from the blade.  (This is ILLEGAL)

Changing On The Fly:
Substitution of players without stoppage of play.  This is used in our Junior division only.

Crease:
The box directly in front of the goaltender.  It is 4 feet by 8 feet and marked off with red lines.  Players who do not have the puck may not enter.

Cross-Checking:
Hitting an opponent with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice.  (This is ILLEGAL)

Deke:
A quick move intended to fake out an opponent.

Drop Pass:
Puck carrier leaves the puck behind to be picked up by a trailing teammate.

Face-Off:
To initiate play, the puck is dropped between two opposing players who face each other.

Fore-checking:
Pressing the opposition when they control the puck in the neutral or defensive zone to force a turnover.

Freezing the Puck:
Pinning the puck against the boards.

Goal Line:
The red line that runs between the goal post and extends in both directions to the side boards.

Hat Trick:
Three goals scored by one player in a single game.

Head-Manning:
Passing the puck forward to an attacking teammate.

High Stick:
Raising the stick above the shoulder.  If it is used near an opponent, it is a penalty.  Goals scored with a high stick are disallowed.

Interference:
Body contact with an opponent who does not have the puck and was not the last man to have had the puck.  (This is ILLEGAL)

One-Timer:
Player accepts a pass and attempts a slap shot in the same motion.

Penalty Box:
The area where penalized players serve their penalty time.

Penalty Shot:
One-on-One showdown between shooter and goaltender.  Called when a player on a breakaway is pulled down from behind.  (must meet certain criteria)

Point:
Position just inside the blue line usually manned by a defenseman when his team is in control in their own offensive zone.

Poke Check:
To dislodge the puck from an opponent by stabbing the blade of the stick at the puck.

Power Play:
When a team has more players on the ice because of a penalty (or penalties) called against the opposing team.

Pull The Goalie:
In an attempt to tie the score, a team trailing by one or two goals may take its goalie off the rink and send an extra skater.  This usually occurs in the closing minute(s) of a game.

Red Line:
The (red) line that divides the rink in half.

Save:
An accurate shot blocked by the goalie.

Screen Shot:
A shot the goaltender has difficulty seeing due to player(s) in front of him.

Shorthanded:
When a team is forced to play with fewer than six players (including the goalie) because one or more have been sent to the penalty box.

Slap Shot:
A sweeping motion with an accentuated back swing to shoot the puck (similar to a drive in golf.

Slot:
The area directly in front of the goal crease.

Top-Shelf:
Aiming a shot above either shoulder of a goaltender.

Wrist Shot:
The motion of shooting with the puck directly against the blade of the stick.