Definition of drop pass
: a pass in ice hockey in which the passer skates past the puck leaving it for a teammate following close behind
Examples of drop pass in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web And Warren Foegele misfired on a no-look drop pass to Jordan Staal on a two-on-one break. Social-distancing rules went out the window very early with Williams and Stome exchanging punches during a game in which each team was penalized nine times.
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John Wawrow, Star Tribune, "Aho leads Hurricanes to 3-2 win over Rangers in NHL's return," 1 Aug. 2020 Defenseman Ryan Graves got his ninth of a season, taking a drop pass from Gabe Landeskog and using a wrister to score under the glove of Quick, who was tremendous to that point.
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Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Avalanche sweeps two-game SoCal trip with shootout victory at L.A. Kings," 23 Feb. 2020 With 1:49 left in the third period, Miro Heiskanen went from end to end and left a drop pass to Tyler Seguin, who throttled it past Koskinen.
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Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, "How a comeback OT win over the Oilers was the difference between the Stars being winners, losers of the NHL playoff format," 30 May 2020 Brad Richardson scored under similar circumstances at 6:47 when Vinnie Hinostroza left a drop pass for Christian Fischer attacking the Anaheim zone.
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Richard Morin, azcentral, "Arizona Coyotes roar back in third period, beat Anaheim Ducks," 2 Jan. 2020 Nathan MacKinnon took a drop pass from Landeskog from the left wing, drove between the circles and fired a low shot.
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Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Avalanche allows three goals in final three minutes in loss to Hurricanes," 19 Dec. 2019 With Kody Clark off for slashing, Fogarty took a drop pass from Joey Keane at his own blue line and clicked on a strong solo rush.
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Staff Report, courant.com, "Wolf Pack fall at Hershey in overtime," 1 Dec. 2019 Buffalo scored first, at 12:10 of the opening period, when Jokiharju walked around Hertl at center and left a drop pass that Marcus Johansson fired from the left circle and beat Jones.
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Ross Mckeon, SFChronicle.com, "Zemgus Girgensons’ late goal ends Sharks’ winning streak," 19 Oct. 2019 Like a talent for seeing personal flaws and dropped passes, then looking deeper.
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Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, "Goofball to gamer: Journey of 49ers’ Kendrick Bourne ... and Kyle Shanahan," 11 Dec. 2019
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The first known use of drop pass was in 1949
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