the crease

noun

: an area around or in front of a goal in some games (such as hockey)

Players from the opposing team may not enter the crease.

Examples of the crease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For several tense moments, the refs reviewed the goal to see if Woodworth was in the crease. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2024 Rain delayed the start of the match by almost an hour and the sky was still gloomy when India’s opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli walked out onto the crease. —

Issy Ronald, CNN, 9 June 2024 Mika Zibanejad was alone on the left side of the crease and shot toward a ton of open net, but the puck hit Bobrovsky’s shoulder, ricocheted up to the crossbar — and this time, bounced back into the crease, just off the goal line as the Panthers remained down only 1-0. —

Tim Reynolds, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024 Reinhart’s second goal in an eventful opening period tied it 2-2 -- again on a power play -- with a backhander near the crease that nutmegged Igor Shesterkin after a feed from Carter Verhaeghe. —

Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for the crease

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