DCHP-2

power skating Power Skating, power-skating DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. & adj. — Sports

  advanced skating skills, including techniques to improve speed, agility and power.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Power skating programs are aimed mainly at hockey players, but also appeal to figure skaters and even inline-skaters. Given the cultural significance of hockey and ice-skating in Canada, it is not surprising that power skating is more prevalent there than elsewhere (see Chart 1).
  See COD-2, s.v. "power skating", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "power skating", which is marked "orig. and chiefly N. Amer.".