Major penalty: A major penalty will require the offending player to serve five minutes in the penalty box. Major penalties are called for more severe occurrences of all minor penalty types.
Manager: A manager on a recreational team will perform miscellaneous tasks to make the team operate more efficiently. Task includes such items as: scheduling ice time, letting players know about changes in the schedule etc. Most managers are players also.
Minor penalty: A player must serve two minutes in the penalty box for a minor penalty.
Misconduct penalty: A player receiving a misconduct penalty must serve 10 minutes in the penalty box. The player’s team does not have to play shorthanded during the misconduct penalty.
Net: The net is also know as the goal and is a metal frame, six feet by four feet, which is enclosed by netting.
Net Drive: Offensive tactic whereby the puck carrier drives to the net wide around the defender while shielding the puck with the body and cuts in towards the net.
Neutral zone: The neutral zone is the area between the two blue lines. (It is also the area of space between the Romulans and the Federation for you Star Trek fans!)
Neutral zone trap: A defensive system that floods the neutral zone with defenders. This is usually done by using only a one player forecheck and swinging one wing back into the neutral when the other team is breaking out. The neutral zone trap defense is difficult to penetrate as it shuts down many of the normal breakout passes.
No checking: No checking is the type of hockey where no body checking is allowed. Stick checking and some contact between players are allowed in no-check hockey.
No hit hockey: A Canadian expression for no check hockey.
Offsides: An offsides is called when a player precedes the puck into the offensive zone as indicated by the blue line. When an offside occurs the referee stops play and the face off occurs outside the offensive zone. Offsides is not called in in-line hockey as there are no blue lines.
Offensive zone: Sometimes also called the attacking zone, the offensive zone is the one third of the rink inside the blue line that contains the defender’s goal.
Official goal: The referee makes the determination if a goal is scored and who scored it. This is know as the official goal. If a defensive player accidentally hits a puck into his or her own net, the offensive player nearest the puck receives the official goal.
Old time hockey: A Canadian expression for no check hockey.
Olympic sized rinks: Olympic sized rinks are approximately 100 feet wide and the same length as traditional rinks. This additional 20 feet of width provides for a more open passing game.
One on One: This is a situation in which a player carries the puck into the offensive zone with only one defending player to beat.
One timer: When a pass goes to an offensive player and they hit it for a shot instead of receiving the pass it is known as a one timer. One timers are almost always slap shots.
One touch pass: A pass to a player that is deflected quickly to another player is known as a one touch pass.
Open hockey: Open hockey is recreational hockey without set positions or teams. Players attend an open hockey session and divide the participants into two teams. Each team can only play six players at a time. As players tire they leave the ice and a teammate takes their position. Therefore open hockey play does not normally involve lines. Open hockey is almost always played as no check, no contact hockey.
Outlet Pass: The outlet pass is made from an offensive player in their defensive zone to a teammate to break out of the zone and move play into neutral ice.