To follow along with what Hudson and the rest of the boys are saying half of the time.
Apple: an assist
Bar Down/Bar Mexico: a type of shot that hits the bottom of the crossbar and shoots right down into the net. It is seen as a very impressive shot.
Barnburner: a high-scoring game
Bender: a player whose ankles bend while they're skating (not a good player).
Bottle rocket: when a goal breaks the goalie's water bottle that sits on top of the net (strong shot).
Biscuit: the puck
Beauty/Beautician: a player who is loved not only for his skills but for his personality. He is one of the coolest guys on the team and usually has great stories. He might also have the best flow on the team.
Bucket: helmet
Breadbasket: a term that describes the goalie's chest. Typically used when describing that you put a shot right in the goalie's logo.
Celly: celebration following a goal
Cheese: the top shelf of the net
Chiclets: teeth
Chirp: to trash-talk
Clapper: a slapshot
Coast to Coast: a goal scored when a player starts the play near his own net
Dangle: when a player dekes or makes moves to fake out the goalie or opposing player; also used to describe the act of stick-handling
Dirty: term to describe an outstanding deke (good)
Duster: someone who doesn't get much playing time and collects dust on the bench
Dusts it Off: when a defenceman quickly stick handles the puck and then dishes it off to a teammate.
Egg: when the game ends 0-0
Face wash: when a player rubs the palm of their glove in an opponent's face simply to annoy them
Filthy: another term for a great deke or pass, like "dirty" (good).
Fishbowl: a helmet with a full plastic shield instead of a cage. Typically used as an insult in trash talk. Opinions vary widely on fishbowls, but if you wear one you're likely one of the best players on the ice, or the worst.
Flamingo: when a player lifts one leg, standing like a flamingo, to get out of the way of a shot
Flow: long hair — you can see it sticking out of their helmet
For the Boys/FTB: used to describe any actions that the rest of the team enjoys or when a player makes a sacrifice for the team.
Gongshow: a game that gets out of control, from big hits or high scores. Also used to describe good looking women.
Grocery stick: the player who sits between the defensive side of the bench and the offensive side. They seperate the two lines.
Hoser: a trash talk term for calling a player or team a loser. This one has been around for a while — before the Zamboni was created, the losing team had to hose down the ice following the game.
Kronwalled: a huge hit by a defenseman, named after Red Wings star Niklas Kronwall
Lay the Lumber on Him: a slash or hit with the stick
Lettuce: hair, on the head and the face
Light the Lamp: scoring a goal — a red light goes off behind the net when a team scores a goal
Lip lettuce: a mustache
Muffin: a shot that should have been stopped after wavering back and forth in the air all the way to the net
Pigeon: describes a player that isn't good enough to score goals by himself, so he picks up the trash of his more skilled linemates.
Pillows: the goaltender's leg pads
Plumber: maybe not the best player on the team, but a hard-working player who does the dirty work in the corners
Puck Bunny: girls that are attracted to hockey players (they are fans of hockey, but it is strickly motivated by the goal to sleep with the players).
Pylon: a player that is extremely slow out on the ice, and can easily be skated around. "He just stands out there like a pylon".
Ride the Pine: when a player spends the entire game sitting on the bench, and not getting any playing time. Usually reserved for benders and dusters.
Rocket: a very good-looking female, may or may not also be a Puck Bunny.
The Show: refers to the NHL, used in the context of "making it to The Show".
Sieve: a goaltender who allows a lot of goals, usually referred to as being full of holes
Sin-bin: the penalty box
Sweater: hockey jersey
Top shelf: the upper section of the goal's net between the crossbar and the goaltender's shoulders. Also: "where grandma keeps the good stuff", "where mama keeps the cookies", etc.
Yard Sale: when a player gets hit so hard that he loses his equipment (stick, helmet, or gloves) and they're left on the ice after the play
Turtle: when one of the players in a fight would rather not and just crouches or falls to his knees and covers himself.
Twig: hockey stick, even though none are made from wood anymore.
Wheeling: the act of picking up girls. To be a beauty (see above), you must be very good at being able to wheel girls.
Where Mama Keeps the ___ : a goal was scored in the uppermost part of the net.
Snipe: a powerful or well-placed shot that results in a pretty goal. Every bar-down shot is a snipe, but not every snipe goes bar-down.
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