Definition of wrist shot
: 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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In the third period, Waltham senior Luc Dallaire scored from the left circle off a laser wrist shot that beat Dacey (39 saves) glove side at 7:05.
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Later in the period, after Dylan Larkin found Andreas Athanasiou streaking in from the point, Gudas re-rerouted his wrist shot wide of the net.
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The Flyers tied it less than two minutes later on Gostisbehere's wrist shot at the end of tic-tac-toe passing by Scott Laughton and Jori Lehtera.
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Kane fired a hard wrist shot that beat Rask on the glove side inside the right post 7:44 into the second.
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His wrist shot beat goalie Ryan Miller at 3:28 of the third to put Toronto ahead 5-4.
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Crosby lifted Frans Nielsen’s stick and whipped a wrist shot into the net.
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Slovenia, ranked 15th by the International Ice Hockey Federation, got on the board in the third period when Blaz Gregorc threaded a wrist shot through a crowd in front of U.S. goalkeeper Ryan Zapolski.
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His wrist shot beat Lehtonen with help from teammate Christian Fischer limiting Lehtonen’s view of the puck on Arizona’s second shot on goal of the game.
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First Known Use of wrist shot
circa 1899
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