DCHP-2
deke ((n.)) deek [< decoy] Hockey, Slang DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a fake shot or movement intended to draw a defending player out of position. Also spelled deek.
See also: big deke dipsy-doodle
- 1960 On the ice, Moore is one of the league's best players in the split-second art of faking a goalie out of position. "I've developed a little play of my own," he says. "It's a kind of fake shot - we call them 'deeks' for decoys."
- 1966 "I went in [on the goalie] but he wouldn't move. I gave one-two-three-four dekes. Finally on the fourth deke he moved and I fired her [the puck] into the corner."
- 1960 On the ice, Moore is one of the league's best players in the split-second art of faking a goalie out of position. "I've developed a little play of my own," he says. "It's a kind of fake shot - we call them 'deeks' for decoys."