forechecked
Pressured the puck
Forechecked is the past tense of forecheck, a hockey term for pressuring the opposing team in their defensive zone to regain possession of the puck.
A team that forechecks aggressively forces turnovers before opponents can organize an attack: They forechecked relentlessly and created three scoring chances.
Hockey's rubber projectile
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- pressureForce upon contact
- neutral zoneProhibited hostility area
- offensive zoneOpponent's side of rink
backchecked · aggressive · pursuit · turnover · defenseman · winger · cycling · possession
puck
Hockey's rubber projectile
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- pressureForce upon contact
- neutral zoneProhibited hostility area
offensive zone · backchecked · aggressive · pursuit · turnover · defenseman · winger · cycling · possession · attacking
forecheckedbackchecked
Pursued opposing player defensively
retreated · defended · fell back · backed off · sat back
forechecking, forecheck, forechecker, forechecks, forecheckers