Sentence examples for rugged defenseman from inspiring English sources

Stevens is a big, rugged defenseman.

They lost Rich Pilon, their rugged defenseman, with a bruised left foot.

He was an effective and rugged defenseman during his 16 seasons in the N.H.L., drawing accusations of dirty tactics that injured opponents.

Stevens is 5-5 in Game 7's but it has been nearly 20 years since Stevens, a rugged defenseman, has played a Game 7 for a championship.

Then on Monday, Shero sent a second-round pick in 2013 and a conditional second-round pick in 2014 to San Jose to acquire the rugged defenseman Douglas Murray from the Sharks.

Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League the last two seasons, Nurse earned a reputation as a rugged defenseman, accumulating 116 penalty minutes last season and fighting a half-dozen times, including once in practice.

Among the rugged defensemen are Colorado's Adam Foote and Detroit's Chris Chelios.

Valeri Vasiliev, the rugged top defenseman with the great Soviet hockey teams of the 1970s and '80s, who won Olympic gold medals and watched another slip away in stunning fashion to the United States in 1980, died on Thursday in Moscow.

Before he became the Sabres' coach, Ruff played 10 seasons in Buffalo as a rugged winger and defenseman.

He was known as a strong, rugged, stay-at-home defenseman at a time when Soviet hockey stressed finesse, creativity and constant attack.

He was known as a strong, rugged, stay-at-home defenseman at a time when Soviet hockey stressed finesse, creativity and continual attack.