Sentence examples for backstopping a team from inspiring English sources

He'd gotten the Kings into the playoffs this season, backstopping a team that finished next to last in goals scored.

Three seasons later the Rangers have abandoned all of that except for Lundqvist, who is left backstopping a team with little charisma and less offense, and whose hope for the future rests on wiggling out of ill-advised free-agent contracts.

Luongo is a two-time NHL Second All-Star (2004 and 2007) and a winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy for backstopping his team to the lowest goals-against average in the league (2011; with backup Cory Schneider).

And Jonathan Quick rebounded, too, and was brilliant in backstopping his team to the series win.

He backstopped the team to a silver medal after a 4-3 overtime loss to a Finland team that featured the future N.H.L. stars Patrik Laine and Mikko Rantanen.

May's team is understood to have agreed to a UK-wide customs backstop — a last resort position to ensure there is no physical border on the island — but that this backstop will only be temporary.

He became the first Finnish goalie to backstop his team to a Stanley Cup.

The Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is back from that "lower body" injury (and fighting his Olympic team-mate Jimmy Howard), but will he have the capacity to backstop his team through a tough Western conference from here to June, post-Games?

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart introduced himself to the NHL in December, when the 20-year-old debuted with a win against the Detroit Red Wings, and has since backstopped his team from the basement of the Eastern Conference standings to just five points back of a playoff spot.

Joseph initially was not popular with Red Wings fans but eventually found his form in the latter half of the 2002 03 season to backstop his team to the division title.

Resources are increasingly used in backstopping national preparation teams, requiring shorter, smaller and more frequent missions.