puck

Example Sentences

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When he got there, he pulled up, turned his back to goalie Lukas Dostal, then shoved the puck just inside the right post for his seventh goal of the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Marner took a couple of whacks at the puck before finally getting it past Dostal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Lehkonen collected the loose puck and took it the length of the ice before deflecting a centering pass off Kempe’s skate and by Forsberg for a short-handed goal, his second score of the series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

“Each takes money and time. It’s better to be skating to where the puck is going. Nobody is talking about the snow globe of the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Dessert was an overbaked chocolate chip cookie the size of a hockey puck and just about as tasty.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen