drop pass
noun
: a pass in ice hockey in which the passer skates past the puck leaving it for a teammate following close behind
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Parker Kelly picked off a drop pass with Edmonton on the power play, then fed Makar for his second goal of the night.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Fabbri emerged from the corner with the puck, driving the net and leaving a drop pass that banked off Steel’s skate to Gauthier, who placed his shot precisely amid a heap of bodies.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
Right out of the gate in the second, Korpisalo had to make a stop on a Kent Johnson breakaway after a bad drop pass by Coyle in the offensive zone.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2024
In 2020-21, 67.5 percent of his field goals were assisted, the vast majority of them being lob or drop passes for dunks.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 18 Apr. 2024
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Fabbri emerged from the corner with the puck, driving the net and leaving a drop pass that banked off Steel’s skate to Gauthier, who placed his shot precisely amid a heap of bodies.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
Right out of the gate in the second, Korpisalo had to make a stop on a Kent Johnson breakaway after a bad drop pass by Coyle in the offensive zone.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2024
In 2020-21, 67.5 percent of his field goals were assisted, the vast majority of them being lob or drop passes for dunks.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Drop pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20pass. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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