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slapshot Hockey 
n. a fast, not always accurate, shot made by hitting the puck after bringing the stick through a short, powerful arc.
- 1962 . . . Mahovlich, who unleashed one of his slap-shots from about twenty feet, saw it stopped by Gordie Howe. . . .
- 1966 What occurs to almost every veteran hockey fan who's seen the Russians play, is how closely their play resembles the Canadian game of 20 . . . years ago; shorter passes, no slapshots, no head-manning the puck.
- 1962 . . . Mahovlich, who unleashed one of his slap-shots from about twenty feet, saw it stopped by Gordie Howe. . . .