squeeze the stick
v. phr.— «“You squeeze the stick on the ice,” he said, using an age-old hockey euphemism for over thinking the game.» —“Patrice Battles the Pressure” by John Bishop Boston Bruins Official Web Site Nov. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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