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Clearing the Zone

The action by the defensive team of hitting the puck past the blue line and out of offensive zone. Under the offside rule, all of the players from the other team must then go into the neutral zone (the center of the rink) before the offense can advance the puck back into the offensive zone.

See also Neutral zone.

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