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empty net goal

empty net goal is the alternative spelling of empty-net goal.

Meaning of empty-net goal

Noun

empty-net goal (plural empty-net goals)

  1. A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.
    • Malik added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left on a length-of-the-ice shot.2001 February 19, “Carolina close in on Bruins”, in BBC Sport Online, retrieved 14 May 2008
    Synonyms:
    empty-netter

Forms of empty net goal

pluralempty net goals

Questions about empty net goal

What is empty net goal the alternative spelling of?
Empty net goal is the alternative spelling of empty-net goal.

Words near empty net goal in the dictionary

  1. empty nest syndrome
  2. empty nester
  3. empty nesters
  4. empty nesting
  5. empty nests
  6. empty net goal
  7. empty net goals
  8. empty netter
  9. empty netters
  10. empty nose syndrome
  11. empty out

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