Apple (assist)
Slang for assist
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Beauty
Highly skilled player
Bender
Poor skater
Call-up
Promotion to higher league
Captain's C
Team leader designation
Chirp
Trash talk during play
Enforcer
Player who protects teammates physically
Gongshow
Chaotic or wild game
Gordie Howe hat trick
Goal, assist, and fight in one game
Grinder
Hard-working physical player
Hat trick
Scoring three goals in a game
Healthy scratch
Player benched while not injured
Locker room cancer
Player harming team chemistry
Plug
Low-skill player
Pylon
Slow or ineffective player
Send down
Demotion to lower league
Tarp off
Playing without a shirt (off-ice slang)
