puck drop
Hockey's opening moment
Puck drop is the start of a hockey game or period, when the referee drops the puck between two opposing players for a face-off.
By extension, it marks the beginning of any event: We need everyone in position before puck drop.
The term appears in compounds like puck-drop time for scheduled start times.
- faceoffDirect competitive confrontation
- center iceHockey rink's middle zone
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
blue line · stick · overtime · sudden death · ice · dot · center · skate · national anthem · standing ovation · power play · circle · slapshot · duel · confrontation · playoff game · penalty kill · frozen
- hockeyhockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey, goalies
- game startskickoff, tip-off, tipoff, face-off, jump ball
- pregamewarmup, warm-up, stretching routine, stretching, pep talk
- Canadian Sportshockey, curling, lacrosse, NHL, CFL
- countdownscountdown timer, countdown clock, T-minus, tick tock, ticking
- showdownsshowdown, face-off, faceoff, confrontation, duel
game temporal position
puck dropfinal whistle
Signal ending a match
game over · postgame · last second · goal
play state
puck dropwhistle
Shrill air-blown sounder
icing · penalty call · offside · timeout · intermission