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(ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
the team was unable to capitalize on the power play -
an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away -
a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
they used a power play to return the kickoff
How To Use power play In A Sentence
- THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Binghamton, Brian Pothier 3 (power play) (Jesse Fibiger, Charlie Stephens) 8: 37. 7, USATODAY.com
- After undertaking preliminary study, participants tour airfields, command posts, ammunition dumps, and battlefields where airpower played a role.
- Jason Wiemer hit the crossbar from the right side midway through before Roy kicked aside Cory Stillman's shot during a power play minutes later. National Hockey League - Flames vs. Avalanche
- Spacek made it 2-0 at the 59-second mark of the second period with another slapper from the blue line on the power play. USATODAY.com
- So, as a Republican commentator, he applauds from the press box his party's cynical power plays, as in a game of football. Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head
- His shop is full of four-barreled, fat-tired road studs and a crew of mechanics and body men who know every grease zerk and bolt hole in the Chevelles, Chargers, 442s and other elegant brutes from the Detroit power play that peaked in the 1960s and early '70s. Detnews.com - Local
- He sprawled to take an empty net away from Henrik Sedin on a power play, and stopped Mason Raymond from the slot with 4: 40 left, preserving his ninth career shutout. USATODAY.com
- It's a film that measures the weight of a calm hand on a nervous one, the size of a fleeting glance, a gentle touch and its role amidst the imponderable power plays of sexual vulnerability.
- Report Abuse Even if this bill passes, by the end of October the construction season particularly insofar as infra- Washington Post: Supreme Court questions bad legal advice in plea bargains, won't hear Utah cross case Washington Post: Capitol Hill power player Fred Upton switches ideological gears as his clout grows Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- There are too many swingmen on the roster and not enough power players.
