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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But Bright maintains that the main similarity between the two is ice hockey.
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Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
Away from American football, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins in a rare outdoor ice hockey game in 2019, with the Flyers beating the Penguins 4-3 in front of 69,620 fans.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 21 May 2026
At the fictional Briar University, music enthusiast Hannah (Ella Bright) and the captain of the local ice hockey team, Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), initially meet by chance.
—Anna Rinderspacher, Glamour, 20 May 2026
Defending champion United States bounced back from a loss to Switzerland with a 5-1 victory over tournament newcomer Britain at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
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Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
Away from American football, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins in a rare outdoor ice hockey game in 2019, with the Flyers beating the Penguins 4-3 in front of 69,620 fans.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 21 May 2026
At the fictional Briar University, music enthusiast Hannah (Ella Bright) and the captain of the local ice hockey team, Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), initially meet by chance.
—Anna Rinderspacher, Glamour, 20 May 2026
Defending champion United States bounced back from a loss to Switzerland with a 5-1 victory over tournament newcomer Britain at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
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“Ice hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20hockey. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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