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fore-check
[ fawr-chek, fohr- ]
verb (used without object)
- 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 ).
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fore-check1
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.”
“That gave us an opportunity to get through the neutralize zone with possession, put pucks where we wanted to and fore-check.”
We have to get back to skating and getting on the fore-check.
He works hard, fore-check, brings pucks to us.
—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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