Sentence examples for netminder from inspiring English sources
Sean Gordon in The Globe and Mail summarized this exemplary team effort, writing, "They dove in front of pucks, they jumped up to swarm rushes, they stepped in to close off passing lanes, and where they failed, their magnificent netminder bailed them out".
Torres's goal not only ruined Bruins netminder Tim Thomas's shutout bid but also his perfect 3-0 carecordecord against Vancouver.
It's up to Nabokov, the longtime Sharks netminder who sat out most of last season, to steal a job and not let go.
Most of the other questions concerned Luongo's remarks about the goal by Maxim Lapierre allowed by Bruins netminder Tim Thomas in Vancouver's 1-0 vintory in Game 5. Luongo said that Thomas's tendency to play outside the crease gave Lapierre the opening to score when the puck came off the end boards.
He had 11 games of playoff experience and won only 3. While Bylsma was deciding whether to switch, Fleury's teammates continued to express support for their embattled netminder and said they were upset to hear criticism of Fleury's play.
Before McPhee left, he turned back to tap his young netminder on the shoulder.
The two main goalies, the journeyman Brian Boucher and the rookie Sergei Bobrovsky, were 16th and 18th in save percentage among the league's 48 regular netminders entering the weekend.
Asked if he could share a specific example of one of Holtby's pregame routines, Brouwer said, "He's a goalie, let's put it that way," referring to hockey's long history of oddball netminders.
"I'm proud of every guy," said goalie Corey Crawford, who finished the playoffs with a strong.932 save percentage and his name engraved on the Stanley Cup with the great Blackhawks netminders Charlie Gardiner and Glenn Hall.
This surely has much to do with the fact that the visiting player was born and raised in Montreal, and is thus seen as representing a long tradition of outstanding French-Canadian netminders.
(Dec. 8) 3. GOALIES GONE NORMAL: A LITTLE SOUTH OF SANITY Hockey's top netminders are lacking in quirkiness of the past.
