| 100% | SLAP | 4 | ___ shot, forceful ice hockey strike that sends the puck flying with speed |
| 29% | SLAPSHOT | 8 | Powerful smack of the puck in ice hockey |
| 28% | CHA | 3 | Ice hockey conference that includes the Lady Lions, the Nittany Lions and the Tigers |
| 27% | JETS | 4 | Winnipeg ___, Canadian ice hockey team in the NHL with an aviation-themed name |
| 27% | FLAMES | 6 | Calgary ___, Canadian ice hockey team in the NHL with a fiery-sounding name |
| 26% | LINE | 4 | Blue ___, marked point in ice hockey beyond which players cannot enter without the puck |
| 26% | WAILERS | 7 | Original band that sang "I Shot the Sheriff," with "the" |
| 26% | MANDALORIAN | 11 | Series that begins on the ice planet Pagodon, with "The" |
| 26% | ZAMBONI | 7 | Machine that smooths the ice in hockey rink |
| 26% | CALGARY | 7 | & 17D NHL ice hockey team that won the 1989 Stanley Cup Finals |
| 26% | ICARUS | 6 | Boy with wax wings that flew too close to the sun |
| 25% | COWDUNG | 7 | Frozen substance that made the first hockey pucks |
| 25% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 25% | AQUA | 4 | Band that collaborated with Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj for the Barbie soundtrack |
| 25% | WAYNE | 5 | ___ Gretzky, former ice hockey player who once said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" |
| 25% | FUNNYBONE | 9 | Spot in the elbow with a nerve that's "shocking" when struck: 2 wds. |
| 24% | TIPIN | 5 | Type of basket that might be attempted with 0.1 seconds on the shot clock |
| 24% | URANIUMORE | 10 | Strike that moves the needle |
| 23% | IRS | 3 | Org. often impersonated in calls that end with, "Just send us the overdue amount in gift cards." |
| 23% | USSR | 4 | Team that lost to the American hockey team in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympics: Abbr. |
| 23% | WREN | 4 | Flier with the scientific name Troglodytes troglodytes |
| 23% | POWERTIE | 8 | Bit of attire that sends the message "I mean business!" |
| 23% | NEVER | 5 | "Lightning ___ strikes the same place twice," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used to describe a rare event |
| 22% | MARINEONE | 9 | Presidential carrier that flew with an all-women crew for the first time in 2009 |
| 22% | BUTT | 4 | Strike with the horns |
| 22% | HIT | 3 | Strike with the fist |
| 22% | SLAP | 4 | Strike with the palm |
| 22% | KICK | 4 | Strike with the foot |
| 22% | ALBEIT | 6 | With the concession that |