Last night my hockey vocabulary expanded quite a bit again. First Mike Knuble introduced me to a new term, and then I picked another one up from the Detroit announcing crew, via NHL on the Fly on the NHL Network.
First up, Hat-flipper: a high clearing attempt or pass launched at a severe angle. Used by Mike Knuble to describe the pass from Brendan Morrison that set up Alexander Ovechkin's second goal.
Usage: Describing his assists, Knuble credited his second one of the night to "a hat-flipper by Brendan, you know, you just got to throw it to that side of the ice, just something good is gonna happen a lot of the time."
The second was pearly gates, used by play-by-play announcer Ken Daniels of FSN Detroit to describe the five-hole. Usage: "Right through the pearly gates!" on a shot that slipped between Chris Osgood's legs.
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