DCHP-3

stickhandle

Hockey
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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v.

carry a puck forward and around opponents by deft and deceptive movements of the stick; control the puck while moving forward on an irregular course.

Quotations

1931
Hayes . . . stickhandled past the entire Wanderers' team and beat Sinclair with a pretty shot.
1966
Some of the most exciting moments . . . come during the killing of penalties, when the defending team, not allowed to ice the puck into the attacking team's end, must stickhandle or pass to waste . . . time.