slap shot


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slap shot

n.
A fast-moving shot made in hockey with a full swinging stroke.
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slap′ shot`


n.
a shot in ice hockey made with a full backswing and extended follow-through.
[1940–45]
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Keith tied it at 3 with a slap shot from the left point just as a power play expired.
A slap shot cannoned off Stingrays' defender Jamie Kerr and was retrieved by Gordon Horne, who set off.
Bern ramped up the pressure and the Devils were forced to weather the storm in their defensive end but with just under five minutes to play, defenceman Roman Untersander blasted a slap shot from the blueline that beat Bowns to put SC Bern up 3-2.
Sidney Crosby gave the Penguins a 3-2 lead at 16:27 of the second period, and Niskanen tied it 3-3 when his slap shot bounced off Murray's glove and that set the stage for Ovechkin.
Martin Crammond was able to score following a slap shot from Sam Zajac, who was fed the puck by DJ Good.
Pavel Datsyuk, former NHL All-Star center, dug the puck out of the corner and fed Grigorenko for a slap shot in the slot.
With Ryan Dingle and Kevin Noble in the penalty box, Devils defenceman Drew Paris opened the scoring (27.11) with a slap shot from the point whilst 5-on-3.
Stollery's 30-foot slap shot went over Clemmensen's right shoulder to make it 2-2 at 10:20.
The Boro youngsters worked hard and kept Manchester in their sights throughout with goals from Redpath, Fagan and William Czifra, who notched a blistering slap shot into the roof of the Manchester net.
GOON Film4 11.15PM The Halifax Highlanders hire Seann William Scott - a Happy Gilmore thicker than all three of Slap Shot's Hanson brothers - in this brutal but likeable ice-hockey comedy which is full of puckish humour.
Konrad Abeltshauser ripped a slap shot from the left point that wound up on Carpenter's stick.
Crosby, who has a history of concussions which caused him to miss large parts of the previous two seasons, was injured when team mate Brooks Orpik's slap shot from the point was deflected and struck him.