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Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Michigan
Today it means: A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net. Full definition →
Ojibwe mishi-gami