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Only the Maple Leafs and Canadiens made the playoffs, leaving the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers to play golf instead of hockey.—Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 The team has been so meticulously constructed by president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Zito that another extended playoff run shouldn’t be out of the picture.—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025 Tales From Beyond the Pale co-creator Glenn McQuaid unleashes a Jason Voorhees whose appearance is concealed not by a hockey mask but a squiggly blur of video noise, corrupting the handheld footage of him stalking college kids through the woods.—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025 Through Mites on Ice, BMW of North America will join the Capitals in backing youth hockey players who will play in front of fans at Capital One Arena during intermissions at home games.—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025 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
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