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Last week, Bill Foley, the billionaire owner of the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team, announced plans to bid for the new Vegas Franchise.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026 The Athletic’s James Mirtle and Scott Wheeler have this fantastic profile of the first hockey player to be drafted from his country of Moldova.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
28 June 2026 Cali is committed to play college hockey at Providence College.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026 Yet Svensk’s tastes of senior competition have been much less eye-catching, with his consistency, focus and hockey sense all demanding considerable refinement.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hockey
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook