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Slot (ice hockey)

area on the hockey rink directly ahead of the goaltender between the faceoff circles on each side

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ3053783 ↗
Source-derived summary

In hockey, the slot is the area on the hockey rink directly in front of the goaltender between the faceoff circles and extending to the top of the faceoff circles. It is sometimes referred to as the "scoring area".

The "high" slot extends from the highest points of the faceoff circles to the hash marks. Similarly, the "low" slot extends from the crease to the hash marks.

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The public source identifies “Slot (ice hockey)” as area on the hockey rink directly ahead of the goaltender between the faceoff circles on each side. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Slot, hockey and area.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 67-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Slot, hockey and area providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Slot (ice hockey)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.