Wiktionary
alt. (context ice hockey English) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power. n. (context ice hockey English) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power.
Wikipedia
Slap Shot is a 1977 comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.
Slap Shot is an ice hockey game released by Sega in 1990 for their Sega Master System. This game has nothing to do with the 1977 Hollywood film Slap Shot; dealing with international ice hockey teams instead of American minor league ice hockey teams.
Usage examples of "slap shot".
The York right winger tried a slap shot, and partially missed, just topping the puck with the heel of his stick.
He looks forward to being on his own, free to sleep late in the mornings, leave the school for forays into the city or spend long afternoons dashing up and down the hard ice, practicing his slap shot against the boards or skating backwards around the rink gasping for breath before collapsing against the goalie’.
With all his remaining strength, he drew back his stick, set up for a slap shot, and stared in amazement as the blue light around the puck turned white and sparkly and, for no good reason that he could determine, it ascended, becoming a higher being.