How to Use puck in a Sentence

puck

noun
  • Ovechkin did get the puck back.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Just use your size, shield pucks.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Puck’s not on the wall as much.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The puck didn’t make it up the ice.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • His poise with the puck is a great strength.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Both are great skaters and like to have the puck.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Even his knack for pulling pucks off the wall is elite.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • When to be the puck-mover, when to just get it out.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Skate to where the puck is going.
    Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The puck went off him and into the net.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And his puck play has improved as well.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Somebody has to shoot the puck.
    Jesse Granger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Johansen liked to play with the puck.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Faber sent a puck toward the net up high.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The puck followed him all evening.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Hamilton would be the best puck-mover.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The bug then bit again right before puck drop.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Reid has strong enough puck skills and vision.
    Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Puck skills, hockey sense are high-end.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes the puck just won’t go in the net.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • Far too much east-west and cuteness with the puck.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Pannek didn’t hit the puck with a full slap shot.
    Staff Report, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
  • The loss left him eager to get the next puck dropped.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Still giving up too much in our own end, puck play.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The team struggled to get the puck out of its own end.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Shoot the puck … is the right play, sometimes.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Drop the damn puck already, we’re not done yet.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And, there was the world’s largest hockey puck.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Brunicke’s play with the puck hasn’t been the problem.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Jecho has good hands and can shoot the puck well from range.
    Corey Pronman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025

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