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fore-check

[ fawr-chek, fohr- ]

verb (used without object)

Ice Hockey.
  1. to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an attacking opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone. Compare back-check, check 1( def 15 ).


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fore-check1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

“With their game lately, they were going to be a little overzealous to get in and pinch. If you can beat that fore-check, that pressure, there are going to be odd-man rushes.”

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“That gave us an opportunity to get through the neutralize zone with possession, put pucks where we wanted to and fore-check.”

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We have to get back to skating and getting on the fore-check.

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He works hard, fore-check, brings pucks to us.

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—Richard Boudreaux in Moscow Blog: Canada 7, Russia 3 Russian coach Vyacheslav Bykov said his team couldn't withstand the Canadian fore-check, which prevented the Russian defensemen from getting the puck to the team's highly skilled offense.

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