ice hockey
noun
: a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick
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Children play ice hockey in Nuuk, Greenland, in February.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
Less than four weeks from the start of the Milan Cortina Olympics, the main ice hockey venue remains very much a work in progress.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The final day of the Winter Olympics will also include the men's ice hockey gold medal game.
—Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
For men’s ice hockey, the rivalry between the United States and Canada heightened with the 4 Nations Face-off earlier this year, when Team Canada defeated the USA in Boston in overtime fashion.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
Less than four weeks from the start of the Milan Cortina Olympics, the main ice hockey venue remains very much a work in progress.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The final day of the Winter Olympics will also include the men's ice hockey gold medal game.
—Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
For men’s ice hockey, the rivalry between the United States and Canada heightened with the 4 Nations Face-off earlier this year, when Team Canada defeated the USA in Boston in overtime fashion.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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