DCHP-3

penalty killer

Hockey
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a player whose task is to keep the opposition from scoring while his team is short-handed as a result of one or more penalties, by keeping control of the puck, checking opposition players closely, etc.

Quotations

1962
Not only was Westfall one of the best defencemen in the league, a good point man on the power play and a penalty killer of the first order, but he took over a left wing position just before his departure. . . .
1966
He is an accomplished man on the power play and is among the top penalty killers in the league.