stick save
Paddle deflects puck
A stick save is a save in hockey where the goaltender blocks the puck with their stick rather than their body or glove.
The term extends to any last-moment intervention that prevents disaster: The CFO's stick save kept the merger from falling apart.
The figurative use emphasizes both the urgency and the skill of the rescue.
- goalieNet-guarding player
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
- gloveFitted hand covering
- blockerSomething that obstructs
crease · netminder · desperation · pad · rebound · slapshot · point blank · scramble · clutch · breakaway · reflex · sprawling · miraculous · goal line · posts · crossbar · five hole · top shelf
- hockeypuck, hockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey
- hockey defensegoalie, goaltender, defenseman, penalty kill, shot blocking