Sentence examples for a key player when from inspiring English sources

Gillies, 57, was a key player when the Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983.

He was a key player when Atlanta pushed the Boston Celtics, the eventual champions, to seven games in a first-round series in 2008.

For many years, Ericsson was a key player when it comes to telecommunications infrastructure and equipment.

Ryan joined Allbritton Communications Co. in 1995 and was a key player when the media company launched Politico in 2007.

David Silva is a key player and when he gets in between the lines to play those dangerous through-balls, how do you mark him?

Small GTPases of the Rho family are known to control several aspects of cell dynamics (vesicular transport, traffic, cytoskeleton turnover) [ 12, 13] and appear to be the key players when trying to gain a better understanding of the effects of microgravity on differentiated and multipotent cells.

The Spanish giants were missing key players when they travelled to Paris a fortnight ago and instead of taking the game to them, PSG seemed almost overawed by the thought of beating mighty Madrid, mustering few worthwhile attempts on goal in a disappointing stalemate.

Super League clubs were already unhappy at having to arrange a second set of back-to-back fixtures to accommodate an early start to the season and several will also be without key players when England play their proposed international against Samoa in Sydney on the weekend of 7 May.

Having arrived in England after a 4-0 defeat in India, they finished bottom of their Champions Trophy group and were deprived of one of their key players when David Warner was suspended for punching England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar.

For example, the security team loses some of its key players when they have to travel to help guard the secretary general.

Arsenal face being without three key players when they start their Premier League campaign with the difficult trip to Liverpool in just over two weeks' time.