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What does PK stand for?

Penalty Killing (hockey)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
New York improved its penalty killing rate to 88 percent, second best in the NHL and just behind Minnesota.
Boston entered the game ranked 29th in penalty killing, but had killed off most of the penalty when Jarome Iginla's cross-ice pass intended for Todd Bertuzzi deflected off a stick into the slot where it was slapped in by Phaneuf.
This series, for some reason, their power play has beat our penalty killing.
We turned the puck over and had bad penalty killing.
Our penalty killing, there's just no confidence right now," Thrashers coach Bob Hartley said.
Penalty killing has a lot to do with desire and the willingness for players to block shots, an effective albeit painful strategy.
Another aspect of the game that is vital to a team's success is penalty killing.
The duo usually paired up on an effective penalty killing unit that helped shut down the opposition powerplay.

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