breakaway

Hockey

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an opportunity to move in on goal without interference, the defensive players all being behind the advancing player.

Quotations

1955

His goal was an easy effort coming on a breakaway and fired into a vacant net. . . .

1963

Goddard . . . stopped . . . Gagnon on a breakaway in the first period and made three superb stops on screened shots.