drop pass
noun
: a pass in ice hockey in which the passer skates past the puck leaving it for a teammate following close behind
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Edmonton got back within a goal just 1:17 after Bennett’s second goal when fourth-line forward Viktor Arvidsson took a drop pass from linemate Vasily Podkolzin and fired a shot from just beyond the left circle that got above Bobrovsky’s left pad.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
But after Marner’s Toronto Maple Leafs teammate William Nylander lost the puck on a scoring chance on the other end, Marner took Crosby’s neutral-zone drop pass, skated into the offensive zone and scored the winner.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
His first goal was on a power play — off a Dylan DeMelo holding-the-stick penalty that Granlund drew — taking a Thomas Harley drop pass in his own end, dancing past Brandon Tanev, racing right up the gut and snapping off a shot through Neal Pionk to beat Connor Hellebuyck.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Panarin and his drop passes at the offensive blue line are a joke.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
But after Marner’s Toronto Maple Leafs teammate William Nylander lost the puck on a scoring chance on the other end, Marner took Crosby’s neutral-zone drop pass, skated into the offensive zone and scored the winner.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
His first goal was on a power play — off a Dylan DeMelo holding-the-stick penalty that Granlund drew — taking a Thomas Harley drop pass in his own end, dancing past Brandon Tanev, racing right up the gut and snapping off a shot through Neal Pionk to beat Connor Hellebuyck.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Panarin and his drop passes at the offensive blue line are a joke.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Drop pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20pass. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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