Slang Glossary!

Alright everyone!

I said it was coming and here it is! The Hockey Glossary, the bible of sports slang! Completely Alphabetized and everything! If you see anything you think should be changed please feel free to comment and I'll debate changing it. 

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And as you can probably tell I've already had to update it, now version 2.3. A lot of these Updates I would like to give to one of the biggest beautys I know, @lennyhackman so toss him a follow.

Hockey Glossary V 2.3

Please take note that Hockey slang is constantly invented and used so it’s literally impossible to keep on top of it all. Feel free to add new terms you may come across in your travels.

Slang Terms

Apple: A slang word for Assist.


B-way: A breakaway chance.

Bandaid: A player who's currently injured.


Bar-down: To hit the cross bar and the puck deflects downward past the goal line.

Barn: The hockey rink or arena.

Barn Burner: A very high scoring game on both sides of the scoreboard


Beak: To trash talk.

Beauty: Anything can be a beauty, whether it’s a snipe, a dangle, or a specific player.

Benchwarmer: A player who gets no ice times and warms the bench for the rest of the beautys.


Bingo: A slang word for Goal.


Biscuit: Nickname for the puck.

Bread Basket: The goalie's chest.
Example, "He shot that one right at the goalie's bread basket".


Breezers: Hockey pants.

Bucket/Bucky: Helmet.

Bury: Sending the puck straight into the back of the net.

Cele: Short form for celebration, most likely after a goal .

Cheds: The team captain, or top corner of the net.


The Chell: The Chell refers to the NHL (if you don’t know what NHL is get out of my blog).

Cherry picker: Trying to sneak behind the defence-men and hanging around the opponent's  zone hoping for a break away. 


Chicklets: Teeth.

Chirp: See “Beak”.

Chisel: To steal something.

Example, “Tendy chiseled that goal from me”.

Clapper: A slapshot.


Clap Bomb: A slapshot.


Dangle: To “deke” another player to the extent of humiliation, Beaks would be soon to follow.

Dish: To pass.

The Dub: The Dub refers to the WHL (western hockey league).

Dump and Chase: Sending the puck into the offensive zone and racing after it .

Dummy: Turn an opposing player into a ragdoll.

Duster: To be “dusty”.

Dusty: Dusty is a tricky one, it can either be good or bad depending on the context that it is used.

Example #1 “That’s some dusty flow” this would be a compliment .

Example #2 “Number 12 is *$&@ing dusty” this would be negative.

Facewash: When a player rubs his glove over another player's face.


Fan: When a player misses the puck as they try to shoot or pass it.


Fishbowl: Full plastic face shield. 


Fisticuffs: Refer to Tilly.

Flow: Hair, with beautiful flowing locks. Not all hair is good flow but the greatest is “sick flow”. Most notably would be #28 Ryan Jones of the Edmonton Oilers.

Garbage Goal: A goal scored close to the net, usually on a rebound and not on a play.


Geno: Slang word for Goal.

Gongshow: A intense situation, as well as a high scoring game.

Goon: A specific player who’s role is to grind and fight.

Greasy: Anything dirty or cheap can be considered greasy.

Example, “That was a greasy goal, it just dribbled in”.

Hammered: A big hit.


Hoser: From before the Zamboni days, the losing team were called “Hosers” because they would have to flood the ice afterwards.

Howitzer: A hard slap shot.


Laser: A slapshot undetectable to the unaided eye.

Mits: Gloves.


Muzzy: A mustache, the dirtier the better.

The O: The Ontario Hockey League (OHL).


O.D.R.: Acronym for the Outdoor-Rink.

One-Timer: When the puck is passed from one player to another and the receiving player takes a slap-shot without stopping the puck.


Plug: A useless player on the team.


Pillows: The Goalie's Pads.


Pipes: The metal posts of the net.

Example, “The goalie sits between the pipes”.

Puck: In proper context is used as a nickname for the game of Ice Hockey.


Puck Bunny: A female creature that despite the fact that they essentially live at an arena, know nothing about hockey and are just trying to get into a star player’s “breezers”-refer to Breezers.

Pylon: A player who doesn’t move and is as easy to skate around as an orange parking cone.

Roadie: Road Trip!

Robbed: A big save by the goalie, usually a glove save.


Rocked: A big hit.


Ringer: When a shot hits the post and makes a distinctive ring.

Rink Rat: The old guy who runs and takes care of the rink, usually greasy with long hair and a beard. Most of the time he is in a bad mood.


Sauce: A beauty pass, usually a saucer pass.

Scratch: A player who is not in the lineup for the night is a scratch. Players who are not injured but are not on the lineup for a certain reason are called "healthy scratches".

Shelf: Shooting the puck at the top corner.


Snakebit: A goal scorer who is going consecutive games without scoring.


Snipe: Giving the puck a 1-way ticket to the back of the net.

Soft: If you’re soft you can’t take a hit, you’re a baby. The extreme form would be “soft as butter”. You do not want to be soft.

Stoned: A solid save by a goalie.

Stripes: The referee.


Sweater: Jersey.


Tendy: Goaltender/Goalie.

Tilly: A fight or a scrap.

Tripod: A player who ABSOLUTELY NEEDS his stick to balance or lean on in order to skate.

Twig: Nickname for a a hockey stick.

W: A “W”in.

Wheel: To wheel is to skate with impressive speed and puck control. 

Example, “look at him wheel!” or “Man that guy’s got wheel’s”.

Wheels: Slang word for skates.


Yardie: The act of performing a yardsale.

Yardsale: When a player equipment is spread around the surface of the ice as a result of being dummied.


Zebra: Referee.