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Listen to this article EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — The East Grand Forks boys hockey team gathered at Up North Pizza on a Saturday night in December.—Brad Elliott Schlossman, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2025 History of the Fur Rendezvous Festival The Fur Rendezvous Festival, which just celebrated its 90th year, was first touted by Vern Johnson, the coach of Anchorage’s professional hockey team, in 1935.—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 That was the case Friday night when the KU club hockey team played Missouri at AdventHealth Sports Park at BluHawk in Overland Park.—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025 The new era of Bruins hockey, whatever that turns out to be, began with a victory.—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hockey
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Etymology
perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook
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