The following are a list of terms that you may hear out on the ice, along with their definitions:

• POINT - The defensemen's position in the offensive zone; top of the zone at the boards & blue or red line.
• CENTER - middle of the offensive zone/front of the crease.
• SLOT- An imaginary rectangular area located between the top of the goalie crease and the interior face off circle lines.
• BOARDS - Hit the ball up the boards you are standing on.
• STRONG SIDE- the side of the ice with the larger number of bodies.
• WEAK SIDE- the least congested side or the side away from the play.
• BACK DOOR - the side of the goal/crease opposite of the play.
• LEFT/RIGHT POST- goalie-speak. The side of the goal/crease from the goalie's perspective.
• SQUARE - If you are perpendicular to the player with the ball and you are open or want to let them know you are there, say SQUARE, which mean's you're square to, or next to the person.
• CUTTER - An attacker moving from the point to the slot area in his/her offensive zone. Generally the defensive zone wing should be covering the cutter. i.e. "Watch the cutter" means winger should be prepared to run with the attacker into the slot until the defenseman can pick up the coverage.
• PRESS - pressure by the forwards against the opponent's break-out in our offensive zone.
• PUSH - direction from a forward to a defenseman carrying the ball; meaning continue into the zone with the ball and the forward will take their position.
• CRASH - crash the net; head to the crease for offensive pressure/rebound/scoring attempt.
• ONE MORE - keep the ball moving away from the area from which the pass was just received to an open teammate. i.e. If the pass came from your left, keep it moving to your right.
• WITH YOU - A Cory-ism most often heard if you are on a breakaway and he's "with you".
• TRAILER/TRAILING - a teammate following the ball carrier. "I'm trailing." "You have a trailer." "You got ball. I've got the trailer."
• DROP - the ideal pass to the teammate who is following/trailing you.
• CHANGE FIELDS/SWITCH (offensively) - hard pass to the other side of the ice to an open player- typically diagonally, to avoid intense pressure on the strong side of the ice.
• SWITCH (defensively) - when covering two attacking players and they cross sides, switch coverage rather than cross sides with the attackers. (You get my guy, I get yours.)
• ONE/TWO ON - the number of opponents closing in on our ball carrier.
• TIME - You have time to play the ball with out fear of an opponent on top of you.
• MARK - cover. As in, "Steve, mark 27!"
• MAN UP/MARK UP - Find the nearest opposing team player and defend them "man-to-man". (This is a good way to be sure everyone is covered.)
• GET HOME - return to your zone.
• NUMBERS - indicates a numerical advantage to the attacking team. "You got numbers."
• BEHIND - Pass the ball behind the goal (offense or defensive zone).
• COWBOY KILIMANJARO - "COWBOY" for short. A wrap around maneuver; a completely different "BEHIND".