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DCHP-2 (Apr 2015)
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1adj. — Hockey, usually in predicative position
having fewer players on the ice than the opposing team due to one or more penalties.
Type: 5. Frequency — Being short-handed in hockey is a game situation where a team has fewer players on the ice than its opponent. A team can be one or two players short, depending on the number of penalties they have taken. The goal of the short-handed team is to "kill the penalty", i.e. to prevent the opposing team from scoring (Harari and Ominsky 2010: 36). The opposing team, however, is then on a "power play", which is a good opportunity to score. The term is most frequent in Canada in the context of hockey (see Chart 1).
Quotations
1926
Kitchener played the cleaner hockey last night, and they received only three penalties. Peterboro', on the other hand, dished up their most strenuous hockey in two seasons, and in the first two periods they were often shorthanded.
1935
The Redmen snapped up a "break" late in the third period to score the winning goal while Queen's was shorthanded through a penalty. Apart from that tally, Queen's held the Montreal collegians on even terms.
1949
Their eager attempts to smear the Dukes trapped the K-W's into five of the six penalties handed out by Referees Bill Morrison and Bill Towns. On such occasions as they were short-handed, the Flying Dutchmen were at their best.
1960
Scorers for Thunderbirds were Wayne Hicks, Fred Hilts, Mervyn Kuryluk and Matt Ravlich. Jim Moore and Gene Ubriacco scored Sudbury goals, both coming while Thunderbirds were shorthanded.
1970
Leon Rochefort picked up his second goal in as many nights with his team short-handed, and then came back 25 seconds later to set up Backstrom.
1980
The rout was accomplished despite the fact that the Sabres played the entire exhibition hockey game shorthanded, six men against seven.
2001
Suchy received a double-minor penalty for high sticking.
"We were short-handed and I was going to clear the zone," Suchy said. "I stopped the puck with my skate and tried to clear it out of the zone. I didn't see him coming, he was coming from behind."
2adj. — Hockey, in attributive position
a goal scored when a team is outnumbered due to one or more penalties.
Type: 4. Culturally Significant — When a team with fewer players on the ice than the opposing team scores a goal, the goal is referred to as short-handed. The all-time leader in short-handed goals is Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian former professional hockey player, known as ''The Great One" (see Quant Hockey reference). In fact, the top five scorers of short-handed goals are all Canadian hockey players. Chart 2 shows that the term is no longer limited to Canada. The New Zealand hockey league and NHL coverage in that country, for instance, makes it match, and slightly outnumber even, the number of Canadian hits.
See: The Great One
Quotations
1970
Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Stewart, Dave Balon, Bob Nevin and Bill Fairbairn scored for New York. Leafs had the game tied 1-1 when George Armstrong scored with two Rangers in the penalty box, but Stewart's short-handed goal 48 seconds later gave Rangers a permanent lead.
1980
Mel Bridgman's short-handed goal triggered a four-goal second period last night, helping Philadelphia Flyers post a 5-3 victory over New York Rangers to extend their National Hockey League record unbeaten string to 34 games.
1987
King believed this "fear of failure" could have set in early in the second period. Zalapski opened the scoring for Canada with a short-handed goal. But 80 seconds later, Marcus Kuhl slipped behind the Canadian defense and made a good move at high speed to beat goaltender Andy Moog, tying the game 1-1.
2003
When Mogilny opened the scoring with a short-handed goal at the 8:10 mark, the only noise in the building came from a band of cheering Maple Leaf employees in the upper row of the press box. Mogilny converted a two-on-one feed from Mats Sundin for his 33rd career playoff marker.
References
- Harari and Ominsky 2010
- Quant Hockey • NHL All-time Short-handed Goals Leaders
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 20 Apr. 2016
