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Give and Go

By Jamie Fitzpatrick, About.com

Definition: An offensive tactic in which a player passes the puck to a team mate, then skates into an open area of the ice to take a return pass. The idea is that a defending player will follow the first pass, freeing the intial puck carrier to take the return pass in open ice at full speed.

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