DCHP-3

head-man

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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v. — Hockey

pass (the puck) to a team-mate who is closer to the opposing team's goal than the passer.

Quotations

1963
We're always told to head-man the puck, pass it to the player ahead of us, because the puck can travel faster than you can skate.
1966
What occurs to almost every veteran hockey fan who's seen the Russians play, is how closely their play resembles the Canadian game of 20 . . . years ago; shorter passes, no slapshots, no head-manning the puck.
1966
Why is it when a power play is on, the offensive team . . . [takes] the puck . . . back of its own net instead of head-manning it and charging in?