DCHP-3

hooking

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Hockey

an illegal check made by using the blade of the hockey stick as a hook to impede a puck-carrier's progress.

See: hook ((2))(def. 2)

Quotations

1931
Wanderers were reduced to four men against five when McLean was banished for hooking. . . .
1963
[They should] decree sterner and more certain punishment for such offenses as tripping and hooking--the tactic that mediocre players use to stop speedy opponents.