Five-hole
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A term common to the sport of hockey, the five-hole refers to the space between a goaltender's legs. If a player scores by shooting the puck or ball into the goal between the goaltender's legs, he is said to have scored "through the five-hole," or to have "gone five-hole."
[edit] Origin
The origin of the term "five-hole" is largely accepted as unknown. One theory suggests that there are five places to shoot the puck or ball past a goaltender and into the goal: one for each of the four corners of the goal, and the fifth between the goaltender's legs.
Another theory as to the term's origin suggests it is based on five-pin bowling, a game invented in Canada where ice hockey is extremely popular: of the five pins, knocking down only the middle pin earns a score of five points, which is analagous to shooting a puck into the middle of a goal between the goaltender's legs.
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