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Those initiatives had a good foundation to build on since soccer is Canada’s most popular sport in terms of registration and participation and ranks behind only hockey as a spectator sport.—Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 His father, David, instilled in him a love for hockey at a young age.—Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 19 June 2026 The one moment of genuine conversation between him and Jen this episode lasted about 15 seconds before dissolving, again, into tonsil hockey.—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 19 June 2026 The one that seems most poised to go mainstream is the haircut rocked by chief bestie Allie Hayes, or Allie-Cat according to her puck bud, college hockey star Dean Di Laurentis, who went ahead and put the pet in pet name.—Elle Turner, Glamour, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hockey
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Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook