page_title: Five-hole
hierarchical_section_title: Five-hole
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Darstellung der holes bei einem Eishockeytorhüter
context_page_description: The "five-hole" is a nickname for the space between a goaltender's legs in ice hockey attributed to David Neal in 1980. If a player scores by shooting the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs, he is said to have scored "through the five-hole," or to have "gone five-hole." The nickname can also be used in basketball, when a player throws a bounce pass that goes through a defender's legs. The term has been applied similarly in Association football referring to the "nutmeg."
context_section_description: The "five-hole" is a nickname for the space between a goaltender's legs in ice hockey attributed to David Neal in 1980. If a player scores by shooting the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs, he is said to have scored "through the five-hole," or to have "gone five-hole." The nickname can also be used in basketball, when a player throws a bounce pass that goes through a defender's legs.  The term has been applied similarly in Association football referring to the "nutmeg."
caption: Schematics of the "holes" on an ice hockey goal. The five-hole is between the goaltender's legs.[1]
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