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slap shot

NOUN
ice hockey maneuver
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That proved costly when Montreal’s Jake Evans drove a slap shot by Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper from the top of the left circle to tie the score in the second period.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

Keller then blasted a slap shot that Carpenter redirected in for a 1-0 lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

“Russian Machine never breaks,” Ovechkin once said, after limping off the ice courtesy of a slap shot to the foot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2025

Now she looks up . . . and Amigliato takes a slap shot!

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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