wrist shot
noun
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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On the rush, Gaudette flicked a wrist shot from near the left faceoff spot that trickled between the legs of goalie Joel Hofer.
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ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
And then Eriksson Ek ended the game in the dying seconds with a wrist shot from up close off a Brock Faber rebound.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
David Pastrnak gained the zone and slipped a pass over to Zacha, who zipped a wrist shot through Luukkonen’s pads for the GWG, his 24th goal of the season.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Doughty flung a wrist shot from the left wall that Shesterkin could not see with four bodies in front of the crease.
—Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
And then Eriksson Ek ended the game in the dying seconds with a wrist shot from up close off a Brock Faber rebound.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
David Pastrnak gained the zone and slipped a pass over to Zacha, who zipped a wrist shot through Luukkonen’s pads for the GWG, his 24th goal of the season.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Doughty flung a wrist shot from the left wall that Shesterkin could not see with four bodies in front of the crease.
—Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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