the boards

plural noun

US
: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey
He crashed into the boards.

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Hyman then put the Oilers ahead for good with their third goal on a play that began innocently enough, with Nugent-Hopkins sending the puck off the boards after a faceoff in the Kings’ end. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 Find him, sign him to a contract, and have Max Domi mash him into the boards to take a series-altering major. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 1 May 2025 That was bad news, because Florida was busy killing the Terps on the boards and from behind the 3-point arc. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025 Expanding beyond the boards, Manning founded a boutique audio company called Lucas Engineering, which manufactured high-end microphones among other pro products. Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 Portes co-founded the advocacy group Latinx Theatre Commons and serves on the boards of the Theatre Communication Group (an organization for non-profit theaters) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society theatrical union. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025 During the game, a player got hit hard and slammed into the boards. Susanne Biro, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Then the boards and various components, such as microchips and aluminum capacitors, are shuffled onto a large, pink sorting machine. Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 Pastrnak added his third helper with another quick feed, this time off the boards, for an in-stride Pavel Zacha. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024

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“The boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20boards. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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