wrist shot

noun

: 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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Tarasov was all elbows and knees on a wrist shot by Boston’s Brandon Carlo only 2:29 into the game, allowing the puck to skid behind him in the crease before Justin Brazeau swept it home. —

Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024 Brazeau sprung him for a breakaway and Geekie beat Mrazek with a wrist shot under the glove. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2024 On Saturday, Killorn skated out of his own zone with the puck and kept a full-length stride between him and Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov, sailing a wrist shot past Greaves to end it. —

Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024 After a Sharks line change, Toffoli took control of the puck in the neutral zone, carried it into the Capitals end, and beat Thompson with a wrist shot high blocker side for his 10th goal of the season. —

Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wrist shot