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

Examples of wrist shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mitch Marner found Sam Bennett up the left wing, who fired in a wrist shot past Hellebuyck. —Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025

First, Rasmus Dahlin pushed the puck home off a one-handed assist from Joel Eriksson Ek on a chaotic sequence in front of the goal, then Erik Karlsson’s wrist shot put Sweden in front 3-2. —Jacob Lev, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025

Middleton didn’t miss early in the third period when Mats Zuccarello found him with a cross-zone pass, and the defenseman finished with a wrist shot from the left circle for the tying goal. —Joe Smith, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

Then, with 2:25 remaining, Zach Aston-Reese’s wrist shot off the rush from the left circle hit the left post behind Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick. —Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wrist shot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot