How to Use hockey in a Sentence

hockey

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  • Carroll County hockey is by far some of the best in the state.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Needless to say, the Wings have not played their best hockey as of late.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
  • See Dion chat with hockey players post-game in the video below.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Soon enough, the best hockey players in the world will grace your television screens.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The New York City skyscraper lit up the skyline with light blue, the color of its hometown hockey team.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • If only Michigan hockey goalie Erik Portillo had eyes in the back of his head.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Still, not prospect is invited to Vegas along with hockey’s elite for the NHL’s dog and pony show.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The title of the lengthy album appears to be a nod to the hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, as his initials are even in the name.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In a search for the defining image of the current era of Avalanche hockey, the options begin and end with the franchise’s big three.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • But their parents haven’t been exposed to hockey at all.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • His next job will be to help the Wisconsin men’s hockey team get back to the college’s game showcase event.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Earlier this week, the two of them played a hockey game in St. Petersburg.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Defense has set the tone for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team this season.
    — Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • That’s hard hockey, and that’s being able to battle through those stick checks, those bodies.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • He’s played hockey most of his life and was a three-year letterman as a defenseman in high school.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • And since the Panthers went 12-5-2 the rest of the way, clearly playing their best hockey, Zito making no moves then seems like the best move now.
    — Tim Reynolds and Ken Powtak, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2023
  • In the dugout, Maton ripped off his batting helmet and exchanged it for the Red Wings hockey helmet.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • But the professional hockey team is doing it for a good cause.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
  • He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with a white hockey mask emblem on the front with red lettering and gray pants.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • These dense pastries are about the size of a hockey puck and packed with rich fillings like lotus seed, red bean and salted egg yolk.
    — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For many, minivans have the stench of the suburbs: soccer cleats and hockey equipment strewn in the footwells, maybe a doctor’s-office lollipop long stuck to a cloth seat.
    — Mark Naida, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • More than a dozen hockey players have been diagnosed with C.T.E., and not all of them fighters.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Collapsing to the size of a hockey puck, the lamp charges in about four hours in Kenya’s bright equatorial sun and provides up to 10 hours of light.
    — Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The Wild and Avalanche are also playing a better and more consistent brand of hockey than the Golden Knights.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Once fall hits, football, hockey, and baseball season are all in full swing.
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Tourists may also be inclined to catch a hockey game, sample craft beer, and take a trip to the famous CN Tower to get unmatched views of the city.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2023
  • No public money was spent on the arena for the expansion hockey team.
    — Byscott Sonner, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Brad played hockey for Yale and was drafted by the Ottawa Senators.
    — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The North Reading alum was captain of the boys’ hockey team as a senior, when his younger sister, Lauren, was the only girl on the roster.
    — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Thirty years ago Monday, Jim Montgomery was at the height of college hockey.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023

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