Hockey Rules & Terms Quiz
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In this quiz, we’re going to discuss the sport of Hockey, which is played between two teams with the aim of scoring goals on one another by placing a puck or ball in the opposing team’s goal.
- 1.What is the thickness of a NHL hockey puck?
- A.
.75 Inches
- B.
3 Inches
- C.
2 Inches
- D.
1 Inch
- 2.Which ice hockey term is defined as "a pass that sets up a goal"?
- A.
Goal Crease
- B.
Assist
- C.
Penalty Shot
- D.
Neutral Play
- 3.What ice hockey term describes the team's two defensemen?
- A.
Empty Netters
- B.
Board-Checking
- C.
Back Line
- D.
Hat Tricks
- 4.Which ice hockey term is defined as "flat section of a hockey stick that contacts the puck"?
- A.
Crease
- B.
Check
- C.
Slot
- D.
Blade
- 5.What are the blue lines that run across an ice hockey rink 60 feet from each goal called?
- A.
Cross-Checking
- B.
Puck
- C.
Blue Line
- D.
Check
- 6.Which hockey term is defined as "sending an opponent violently into the boards by any method"?
- A.
Empty Net
- B.
Board-Checking
- C.
Icing
- D.
Slashing
- 7.Which hockey term means "pass the puck from a near corner into the area in front of the goal cage"?
- A.
Icing
- B.
Empty Net
- C.
Slapshot
- D.
Center The Puck
- 8.Which ice hockey term means to make a line change or send other substitutes out while play is going on?
- A.
Change On The Fly
- B.
Five On Three
- C.
Power Play
- D.
Wrap Around
- 9.What ice-hockey penalty is defined as "taking two or more steps before body checking an opponent"?
- A.
Fighting
- B.
Charging
- C.
High-Sticking
- D.
Clipping
- 10.Which ice hockey term is defined as "any tactic used by a defensive player in an attempt to slow down an opponent"?
- A.
Zamboni
- B.
Defensive Zone
- C.
Check
- D.
Rink
- 11.Which ice hockey term is defined as "to get the puck away from one's own goal cage"?
- A.
Penalty Shot
- B.
Clearing
- C.
Hat Trick
- D.
Cross-Checking
- 12.Which hockey term is defined as "hitting an opponent with the stick while it is held in both hands"?
- A.
Cross-Checking
- B.
Centering The Puck
- C.
Line Change
- D.
Icing
- 13.What hockey term is defined as "area in a team's own end, between the blue line and the goal line"?
- A.
Defensive Zone
- B.
Blade
- C.
Charging
- D.
Zamboni
- 14.Which hockey term describes a situation where the goalie is out of position or off the ice?
- A.
Empty Net
- B.
Freezing The Puck
- C.
Blue Line
- D.
Slapshot
- 15.Which ice hockey term is defined as "player whose primary job is to protect teammates"?
- A.
Blue Line
- B.
Enforcer
- C.
Assist
- D.
Freeze The Puck
- 16.Which hockey term means "to hold the puck against boards or back of the net with skate or stick"?
- A.
Power Play
- B.
Freeze The Puck
- C.
Center The Puck
- D.
Slashing
- 17.Which ice hockey term is defined as "an area in front of the goal cage"?
- A.
Power Play
- B.
Hat Trick
- C.
Goal Crease
- D.
Box
- 18.Which ice hockey term is defined as "scoring three or more goals in a game"?
- A.
Hooking
- B.
Neutral Zone
- C.
Hat Trick
- D.
Penalty Box
- 19.Which ice hockey term is defined as "using the stick to hold an opponent"?
- A.
Hooking
- B.
Slashing
- C.
Neutral Zone
- D.
Line Change
- 20.Which ice hockey term is defined as "substitution of one entire line for another"?
- A.
Cross-Checking
- B.
Line Change
- C.
Empty Net
- D.
Icing
- 21.Which ice hockey term is defined as "group of forwards who play together for a team"?
- A.
Hat Trickers
- B.
Line
- C.
Assisters
- D.
Cross-Checkers
- 22.What hockey term means "official primarily responsible for calling icing and offside violations"?
- A.
Power Play
- B.
Enforcer
- C.
Penalty
- D.
Linesman
- 23.Which ice hockey term is defined as "the area contained between the blue lines"?
- A.
Line Change
- B.
Neutral Zone
- C.
Goal Crease
- D.
Zamboni
- 24.What hockey term is defined as "area containing a bench where players serve penalty time"?
- A.
Back Line
- B.
Penalty Box
- C.
Freeze The Puck
- D.
Board-Checking
- 25.Which ice hockey term means "a team has more players on the ice than other because of penalties"?
- A.
Check
- B.
Freeze The Puck
- C.
Power Play
- D.
Penalty Box
- 26.What is the playing arena for ice hockey called?
- A.
Court
- B.
Rink
- C.
Pitch
- D.
Field
- 27.What is the hockey shot called where a player takes a full back swing and then drives the puck?
- A.
Slashing
- B.
Power Play
- C.
Slapshot
- D.
Zamboni
- 28.Which ice hockey foul is defined as swinging the stick at an opponent when it's below the shoulders?
- A.
Wrist Shot
- B.
Empty Net
- C.
Puck
- D.
Slashing
- 29.Which ice hockey term is a "quick shot made with a snap of the wrist"?
- A.
Wrist Shot
- B.
Blade
- C.
Quick Snap
- D.
Cross-Checking
- 30.Which hockey term means "machine used to clean and resurface the ice between periods"?
- A.
Cross-Check
- B.
Power Forward
- C.
Hat Trick
- D.
Zamboni
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