power play

Hockey

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a special combination of players which is iced by a team whenever its opponents are shorthanded.

Quotations

1962

In these days of . . . screened shots and five-man power plays . . . it's a rare bird who holds up even for a single season. . . .

1966

He is an accomplished man on the power play and is among the top penalty killers in the league.