penalty kill

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penalty kill (plural penalty kills)

  1. (ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.
    Synonym: PK
    Coordinate terms: power play, penalty killing

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