puck-handling

See also: puckhandling and puck handling

English

Alternative forms

• puck handling
• puckhandling

Etymology

1921, puck +‎ handling.

Noun

puck-handling (uncountable)

1. (ice hockey) The ability to control the puck; stickhandling.
   • 1921 March 12, Boston Daily Globe, page 6:

     Dazzling puck handling by the visitors, but college men break up swift attacks. [headline]

   • 1965 May 15, Kingston Whig-Standard, page 9:

     […] Flyers dominated the game with superior skating, checking, passing and puck-handling.

Related terms

• puckhandler

References

• “puck-handling” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• “puck-handling” in the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, W.J. Gage, 1967.