the neutral zone

noun

: the middle part of an ice hockey rink that is between the two zones defended by the teams

Examples of the neutral zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eklund carried the puck across his own blue line and found Mikael Granlund with a cross-ice pass in the neutral zone. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024

Skating alone in the neutral zone, Givani Smith coughed up the puck to Stankhoven, who raced into the Sharks’ zone and put a shot on Kahkonen. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024

The idea for the defending team is to make the attacking side either turn the puck over or dump it into offensive end from the neutral zone. —Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2024

Rams outside linebacker Earnest Jones appeared to jump in the neutral zone, causing Decker and left guard Jonah Jackson to move, but officials ruled Decker flinched first. —Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2024

After gaining control of the puck in the neutral zone, Heise used her speed to get behind the Toronto defense down the left wing, cut to the front of the net and tucked the puck past Toronto goaltender Kristen Campbell from in tight. —Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2024

Then with under two minutes left in regulation time, defenseman Kyle Burroughs sent the puck to the neutral zone that was collected by Perron, who sent a backhand pass to Lucas Raymond to quickly start a transition play. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024

Moore’s goal came on a breakaway at 4:07, set up by a spinning pass from Fiala in the neutral zone. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023

In the second quarter, on a Rams punt, he was flagged for lining up in the neutral zone. —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023