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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The lost challenge gifted a power play to Florida -- and the Cats cashed two minutes later for a 2-1 lead on a Brad Marchand wrist shot from a gorgeous cross-ice pass from distance by Nate Schmidt.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The Kings trailed 2-1 after two periods, but Moore tied it 42 seconds into the third with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle that went off the crossbar for the first of four straight L.A. goals in the final 20 minutes.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Mikkola tallied his second goal of the night with 13:34 left in the third period, getting the puck on a three-on-two rush and firing a wrist shot past Kochetkov.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Carolina evened at 1-1 with 5:09 left in the second on a Taylor Hall wrist shot that proved Sergei Bobrovsky human.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The Kings trailed 2-1 after two periods, but Moore tied it 42 seconds into the third with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle that went off the crossbar for the first of four straight L.A. goals in the final 20 minutes.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Mikkola tallied his second goal of the night with 13:34 left in the third period, getting the puck on a three-on-two rush and firing a wrist shot past Kochetkov.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Carolina evened at 1-1 with 5:09 left in the second on a Taylor Hall wrist shot that proved Sergei Bobrovsky human.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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