The Dayton Bombers are an ECHL ice hockey team located in Dayton, Ohio, USA. The team is in the North Division of the ECHL's National Conference and is affiliated with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL.
The Bombers play at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Dayton.
Hockey terms
Blue lines: Two blue lines running parallel across the ice that divide the rink into three zones called the attacking, defending and neutral (or center) zones; defending blue line is the line closer to a player's own net; attacking blue line is the one farther from his net. These are used in determining offsides.
Boards: The wooden or fiberglass wall surrounding the rink to keep the puck and players from accidentally leaving the rink. All rinks have shatterproof glass above the boards for additional protection.
Boarding: Player or goalkeeper checks an opposing player in such a way as to cause him to be thrown violently into the boards.
Check or checking: Any contact initiated by a defending player against an opponent to get the puck away from him or slow him down. There are two main types of checks — stick check and body check. These are only allowed against a player in control of the puck or against the last player to control it immediately after he gives it up; checking after too many steps or strides becomes charging, which is a penalty.
Crease: The red lines that form the semi-circular area in front of the goal, within which attacking players must not obstruct the goaltender's movement or vision.
Cross-checking: A cross check is a check rendered with both hands on the stick with arms extended while the check is being delivered.
Deke or deking: A decoying or faking motion by the puck-carrier. It's an art — making a defensive player think you are going to pass or move in a certain direction when you're not. There are shoulder dekes, stick dekes and head dekes.
Face-off: The method of starting or resuming play: The referee or linesman drops the puck between the sticks of two opposing players.
Icing: Occurs when a player or goalkeeper of a team equal or superior in numerical strength to the opposing team, shoot, bat or deflect the puck from his own half of the ice beyond the goal line of the opposing team.
Power-play: An attack by a team at full strength against a team playing one man (or two men) shorthanded because of a penalty (or penalties) that resulted in a player on the opposing team receiving penalty-box time.
Red line: The line that divides the length of the ice surface in half.
Slap shot: The player raises his stick in a backswing, with strong hand low on the shaft and the other hand on the end as a pivot. As the stick comes down toward the puck, the player leans into the stick to put all his power behind the shot and add velocity to the puck. These shots can produce puck speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.
Spearing: A major penalty in which a player illegally jabs, or even attempts to jab, the point of his stick blade into another player's body. Spearing is one of the most serious infractions a player can commit.
Wings: Two players who flank the center on his right and left sides and, with him, make up the attacking unit or forward line.
Zamboni: The brand of machine used to clean the ice.