one-timer
noun
one-tim·er
ˈwən-ˌtī-mər 
: a shot (as in hockey or soccer) that is made by immediately striking a moving puck or ball (as when receiving a pass from a teammate) without first stopping and controlling it
one-time
transitive verb
one-timed; one-timing
Paul Keegan made a steal on the right and cut the ball back, and Rocha one-timed a 16-yard blast into the roof of the net.
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Frank Dell'Apa
Frank Dell'Apa
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Lehkonen played a give-and-go with MacKinnon on the right side and MacKinnon blasted a one-timer from the circle for the 3-1 lead.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The Arizona State transfer (25 saves) landed there after denying a Lucas Van Vielt one-timer, a rip set up by a Wahlin cross-ice pass.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
With the game tied 2-2 and less than five minutes remaining, Zegras avoided two defenders behind the net and somehow slipped a centering pass to Couturier, who buried a one-timer.
—Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Nashville’s Michael Bunting stepped into a one-timer from the right circle and blistered it past Greaves for a 1-0 lead.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The Arizona State transfer (25 saves) landed there after denying a Lucas Van Vielt one-timer, a rip set up by a Wahlin cross-ice pass.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
With the game tied 2-2 and less than five minutes remaining, Zegras avoided two defenders behind the net and somehow slipped a centering pass to Couturier, who buried a one-timer.
—Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Nashville’s Michael Bunting stepped into a one-timer from the right circle and blistered it past Greaves for a 1-0 lead.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“One-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-timer. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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