forechecking
Attacking the puck-carrier
Forechecking is a hockey strategy where players aggressively pursue the puck in the opposing team's defensive zone, pressuring them before they can organize an attack.
The aim is to disrupt breakouts and force turnovers: Their relentless forechecking kept the defense pinned behind their own net.
A player who does this is a forechecker.
Hockey's rubber projectile
- backcheckPursuing puck carrier rearward
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- faceoffDirect competitive confrontation
- wingerSide-positioned team member
center · defenseman · slapshot · stickhandling · breakout · icing · offside · powerplay
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- closingFinal stage of something
- chasingFollowing to catch
positioning · anticipation · interception · turnover · forcing · trapping · cycling · battling
Strength or force level
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- physicalityBodily, material quality
assertiveness · pursuit · hounding · swarming · disruption · urgency · persistence · tempo
Device for catching animals
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- formationCreation or arrangement
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
execution · scheme · gameplan · methodology · structure · approach · assignment · rotation
puck
Hockey's rubber projectile
- backcheckPursuing puck carrier rearward
- boardsPlanks or governing bodies
- faceoffDirect competitive confrontation
winger · center · defenseman · slapshot · stickhandling · breakout · icing · offside · powerplay · linesman
angling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- closingFinal stage of something
chasing · positioning · anticipation · interception · turnover · forcing · trapping · cycling · battling · harassment
intensity
Strength or force level
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
physicality · assertiveness · pursuit · hounding · swarming · disruption · urgency · persistence · tempo · pace
trap
Device for catching animals
coordination · execution · scheme · gameplan · methodology · structure · approach · assignment · rotation · transition
- hockey playsopen ice hit, boarding, charging, backchecking
- hockey skillspuck handling, stickhandling, deke, deking, dangle
forecheckingbackchecking
Pursuing puck carrier rearward
sitting back · collapsing · playing back · retreating · passive defense
check, checked, checking, checks, checkers, checker, checklist, recheck, rechecking