Sentence examples for critical saves from inspiring English sources

In the crucible of a World Cup quarterfinal, van Gaal, then coaching the Netherlands, substituted his starting goalkeeper in the final minutes of extra time and then — with a grin on his face — watched the backup make two critical saves in the subsequent penalty-kick shootout as his team advanced to a semifinal against Argentina.

Their senior goalkeeper, Haley Austin, also made critical saves (four in the second half) along with a couple key disruptions.

Although Tretiak had given up the two Canada goals on the first two shots, he recovered later in the period to make a couple of critical saves off Esposito at point-blank range.

Martin Brodeur made a critical save on Simon Gagné after a breakaway in a sequence before Gionta's goal.

Almost invariably he has come through for them in ways people could always see on television, calmly locking down a critical save, including 42 in the postseason.

Then I said, 'We need good goalkeepers.' " Solo came back into the team and made a critical save at the Beijing Games as the United States defeated Brazil for the gold medal.

He made a critical save on a backhander by Mikael Renberg with just over three minutes remaining, then was protected by a stout defense when the Flyers pulled goalie Brian Boucher with 1 minute 21 seconds remaining.

The final at Wembley included a critical save to deny Watford's Troy Deeney a tap-in, even if Manuel Almunia was the busier of the two goalkeepers on show, before Speroni was finally granted a chance to excel more regularly in the top flight.

It was midway through the half and Mckay was set free, one-on-one with Logan who came out to meet the striker and beat away his shot - a critical save by the Donegal man.

He otherwise kept the Devils at bay and made a critical save on a Miles Wood wrist shot in the first minute.

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