wrist shot
noun
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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Stepan’s wrist shot from the left wing caps a comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series.
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Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
This wasn’t just what Hughes did on the scoresheet, including tallying the game’s first goal six minutes in, a crafty deke and drive before a wrist shot in the slot.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 1 May 2026
York fired a wrist shot through traffic that found the back of the net, sending the Flyers’ faithful into a frenzy.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Dorofeyev flicked home a wrist shot to put the Golden Knights in front just 72 seconds into the first.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
This wasn’t just what Hughes did on the scoresheet, including tallying the game’s first goal six minutes in, a crafty deke and drive before a wrist shot in the slot.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 1 May 2026
York fired a wrist shot through traffic that found the back of the net, sending the Flyers’ faithful into a frenzy.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Dorofeyev flicked home a wrist shot to put the Golden Knights in front just 72 seconds into the first.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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