the boards

plural noun

US

: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey

He crashed into the boards.

Examples of the boards in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The star forward scored his final points of the night by crashing the boards and outhustling multiple Spurs for a putback of a Jalen Brunson miss, which proved to be the difference in the game. — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

During the 1996 Western Conference finals between Detroit and Colorado, Lemieux’s brutal cross-check of Detroit’s Kris Draper into the boards resulted in Draper requiring multiple surgeries. — Mac Engel may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026

At one point, Wells skated over to Leetch and told him to hop over the boards anyway. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026

Then, after Vegas ganged up on Drew Helleson along the boards, former Duck William Karlsson fed Marner below the goal line. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

Rhymes for the boards

• accords
• affords
• awards
• billboards
• blackboards
• clapboards
• dashboards
• discords
• floorboards
• keyboards
• landlords
• records