slap shot

noun

: a shot in ice hockey made with a swinging stroke

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Special to the Detroit Free Press This is the story of two men who crossed paths 19 years ago while being treated for injuries — a football player with a torn Achilles tendon and an auto executive who took a slap shot to the ankle while playing ice hockey. —

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024 The Panthers’ 2-1 lead had come 3:11 into the third period came on Rodrigues’ gem of a slap shot, unassisted, when a loose puck found his stick. —

Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024 With the game tied and Boston on the power play in the waning minutes of regulation, David Pastrnak fired a slap shot from the left circle with Sergei Bobrovsky out of position and the net nearly wide open. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024 The home horn blasted six minutes in for the Cats on Sam Reinhart’s slap shot that Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy partially blocked but could not contain. —

Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slap shot