Definition of defenseman
: a player in a sport (such as hockey) who is assigned to a defensive zone or position
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Shortly after Jakub Vrana scored the opening goal of Game 5 on a breakaway early in the second, Schmidt tied it when his fling toward the net deflected off a stick and again off Caps defenseman Matt Niskanen's skate.
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Six players from the Flames organization spent time in Kansas City last season, including goalies Mason McDonald and Tyler Parsons, defenseman Kayle Doetzel and forwards Mike McMurtry, Darren Nowick and Hunter Smith.
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Among them was Devante Stephens, a 21-year-old defenseman who just finished his first season of professional hockey and his entry-level contract.
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Here are the regular-season and playoff grades for their defensemen and goaltenders.
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Forward Logan Hunter and defensemen Stephen Wack and Adam Herold also were among the dead, according to family members and others.
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Randall is a defenseman - flanked by two others of the same position - tasked with aiding the goalie in halting an opponents’ attack.
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Plucinski isn't the only Hound with Alaska connections — head coach Jeremy Mylymok, whose son Luke scored a hat trick in the championship game, was a hard-hitting defenseman for UAA from 1992-96, and his wife, Darlene, is a Service High grad.
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O’Toole is also a defenseman on the varsity hockey team.
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First Known Use of defenseman
1877
DEFENSEMAN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of defenseman for English Language Learners
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: a player in a sport (such as hockey) who tries to stop the other team from scoring
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