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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Their last title came in 2006, when Wisconsin became the first school to win both the men’s and women’s ice hockey national championships in the same season.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Indiana won the conference’s third straight College Football Playoff, and other national championships have been won in men’s wrestling (Penn State), women’s ice hockey (Wisconsin), men’s water polo (UCLA), men’s soccer (Washington) and field hockey (Northwestern).
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
An assist for the rule change feels warranted for a defenseman who’s currently suiting up for the Fort Erie Meteors, a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team in Ontario.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
While on-ice brawls are nothing new in professional ice hockey, flying fisticuffs have a history in the police and fireman face off from years past.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Indiana won the conference’s third straight College Football Playoff, and other national championships have been won in men’s wrestling (Penn State), women’s ice hockey (Wisconsin), men’s water polo (UCLA), men’s soccer (Washington) and field hockey (Northwestern).
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
An assist for the rule change feels warranted for a defenseman who’s currently suiting up for the Fort Erie Meteors, a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team in Ontario.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
While on-ice brawls are nothing new in professional ice hockey, flying fisticuffs have a history in the police and fireman face off from years past.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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