How to Use goalie in a Sentence

goalie

noun
Definition of goalienext
  • The teams will change sides and goalies at the 10-minute mark.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the Stars have one of the best young goalies in the NHL.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Now the All-Star has added a rare goalie goal to his repertoire.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Emma Zepp was one of two goalies Groves used on the night.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2023
  • Stickney is one of the top goalies in the country at the U-16 level.
    — oregonlive, 11 May 2023
  • He's also allowed the fewest goals of any goalie in the league.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Outside one game, the Rangers didn't face a No. 1 goalie in the playoffs.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
  • Each of the six team rosters will be stocked with six skaters and one goalie.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • Sharks goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 of 41 shots in the loss.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Santa Ana Foothill High lacrosse goalie had come from nowhere.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • This is the second year in a row that the Avalanche's No. 1 goalie has left in free agency.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
  • Not goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs in playoff time.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Then Roy grabbed Vernon for a rare goalie vs. goalie slugfest.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • New York then let go of beloved goalie Henrik Lundqvist in 2020 to go all in on Shesterkin.
    — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 May 2022
  • Jake Oettinger has arguably been the best goalie in the NHL through the season’s first month.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Her winning penalty kick in the shootout took a nice bounce off the goalie’s glove and into the net.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Our goalie has to be prepared to come out and play defense.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Quick owns the record for shutouts by an American goalie, with 57.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Rohan Toc scored four goals and goalie Gabe Shostak had 15 saves and two goals for the Royals.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • For the second time in two weeks goalie Kyle McClellan came through in the clutch for the Badgers.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • After that, though, Oettinger looked like the goalie who allowed one goal in the last two games against the Wild.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
  • Fleury is the Golden Knights former goalie and was the fans favorite Knight.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Shesterkin came out of the goalie crease, made a save, got back into the crease, and made another.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
  • In baseball and hockey, a team can find a hot pitcher or a hot goalie and shock the world.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • If the goalie moves to the right, the guide goes left and shouts so his player attempting a shot can aim for his voice.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • And that’s with top goalie Dylan Garand only playing in about 60% of the games.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Throughout the first round, Oettinger was the best goalie in the league and mostly by a wide margin.
    — Dallas News, 16 May 2022
  • Uriel Antuna, a 25-year-old right winger, had space and his strike grazed off the goalie’s touch into the left side of the net.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • The seasoned pro ranks 11th among active goalies in wins, ninth in shutouts and 17th in save percentage.
    — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 7 Oct. 2024
  • This young lady comes out week to week to take on the position of goalie no matter who the competition may be, ready to play and ready to lead her team.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024

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