bluelines

Rink division markers

Bluelines are the two blue lines on an ice hockey rink that divide it into three zones—the defensive zone, neutral zone, and offensive zone.

They govern offside rules: an attacking player cannot enter the offensive zone ahead of the puck.

He was called for crossing the blueline too early.

hockey

rink

Enclosed skating surface

  • puckHockey's rubber projectile
  • faceoffDirect competitive confrontation
  • creaseLine from folding

offside · icing · defenseman · goaltender · penalty · powerplay · slapshot · forecheck · backcheck · breakaway

drafting

preliminary

Before the main part

CAD · draftsman · tracing · layout · annotation · revision · prepress · printing · copy · mockup

nautical

chart

Data shown visually

contours · coastline · seafaring · mariner · sailing · vessel · bearing · course · latitude · longitude

Opposites
hockey rink markings

bluelinesred line

Inviolable boundary or threshold

center line · goal line · goal crease · red lines

zone boundaries vs. center

bluelinescenter line

Road's dividing mark

red line · neutral zone · center ice · halfway line

Family

blueline, blueliner

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