wrist shot
noun
: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward
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After the first intermission, the Wild wasted little time, getting a goal by Rossi in the opening minute after a pass from Yakov Trenin found Rossi all alone in the low slot, and a wrist shot beat the Buffalo goalie’s glove.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Blue Jackets forward James van Riemsdyk had his wrist shot from the left circle carom off the crossbar with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first period.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Luke Antonacci tied it for Maine when his wrist shot deflected in off a NU defenseman and past Whitehead at 12:44, forcing overtime.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Nathan MacKinnon skated towards the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot through a sea of players that beat American goaltender Connor Hellebuyck up high.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Blue Jackets forward James van Riemsdyk had his wrist shot from the left circle carom off the crossbar with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first period.
—Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Luke Antonacci tied it for Maine when his wrist shot deflected in off a NU defenseman and past Whitehead at 12:44, forcing overtime.
—Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Nathan MacKinnon skated towards the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot through a sea of players that beat American goaltender Connor Hellebuyck up high.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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