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Kyle Dubas, the Penguins’ president of hockey operations, might not be planning the same kind of bloodletting.—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024 MacKinnon is the league’s best player, a hockey robot, who has always been more concerned about winning than feelings.—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024 Teenage Riley heads to hockey camp, along with a new set of emotions, one of which is Anxiety.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 The hockey league is looking at over 20 potential markets.—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hockey
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Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook
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