the crease
noun
: an area around or in front of a goal in some games (such as hockey)
Players from the opposing team may not enter the crease.
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Instead of putting a shot on Dostal, Smith tried a low percentage pass across the crease to Macklin Celebrini.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Keller slid the puck across the crease to Schmaltz at the back door.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Five minutes into the third, the Avs nearly had a short-handed goal when Hofer got drawn out of the crease, but Colorado couldn’t punch it in amid a mass of bodies in front of the net.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Pavel Zacha’s shot from the right wing broke through Andrei Vasilevskiy and sat tantalizingly in the crease behind.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Keller slid the puck across the crease to Schmaltz at the back door.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Five minutes into the third, the Avs nearly had a short-handed goal when Hofer got drawn out of the crease, but Colorado couldn’t punch it in amid a mass of bodies in front of the net.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Pavel Zacha’s shot from the right wing broke through Andrei Vasilevskiy and sat tantalizingly in the crease behind.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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“The crease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20crease. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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