the boards

plural noun

US
: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey
He crashed into the boards.

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At one point, Wells skated over to Leetch and told him to hop over the boards anyway. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Heiskanen appeared to get sandwiched in between Hartman and the boards before going down in a heap and possibly getting his knee tangled up underneath him. — R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026 Later, Josh Manson got planted into the metal part of the boards near the home bench at game speed, suffering an upper-body injury that sent him back to the locker room. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 The star forward scored his final points of the night by crashing the boards and outhustling multiple Spurs for a putback of a Jalen Brunson miss, which proved to be the difference in the game. — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for the boards

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“The boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20boards. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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