neutral zone
noun
,
Ice Hockey.
1.
the area of a rink between the two blue lines.
Compare
end zone
(def 2).
Origin
1900-05,
in sense “zone between the two scrimmage lines in football”
Examples from the web for
neutral zone
The forward skates with the puck out to the
neutral zone
and over to the far blueline.
Not only on the forecheck, also in the
neutral zone
.