How to Use goalie in a Sentence
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The teams will change sides and goalies at the 10-minute mark.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
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Meanwhile, the Stars have one of the best young goalies in the NHL.
—Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
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He's been great for the younger goalies at the club as well.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Grosenick played one more game as goalie for the Sharks.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2021
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Lavelle played goalie on the field, and role model off of it.
—Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2021
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Now the All-Star has added a rare goalie goal to his repertoire.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
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Emma Zepp was one of two goalies Groves used on the night.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2023
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The first-team All-Ohio selection was named the state’s goalie of the year.
—Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 7 July 2021
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Stickney is one of the top goalies in the country at the U-16 level.
—oregonlive, 11 May 2023
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He's also allowed the fewest goals of any goalie in the league.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
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Outside one game, the Rangers didn't face a No. 1 goalie in the playoffs.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
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Each of the six team rosters will be stocked with six skaters and one goalie.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
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Sharks goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 of 41 shots in the loss.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
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The Santa Ana Foothill High lacrosse goalie had come from nowhere.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
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This would often be a game for a backup goalie to get the start.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2021
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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
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Amanda didn’t like the boredom that is sometimes the life of a goalie.
—oregonlive, 25 May 2021
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Not goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs in playoff time.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
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One mistake by a goalie could cost their team a game and maybe the series.
—Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
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Then Roy grabbed Vernon for a rare goalie vs. goalie slugfest.
—Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
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New York then let go of beloved goalie Henrik Lundqvist in 2020 to go all in on Shesterkin.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 May 2022
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Walters blocked the ball like a hockey goalie, and got Leach out at first.
—Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2021
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That broke a 47-year record for saves in a shutout by a debuting goalie.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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Jake Oettinger has arguably been the best goalie in the NHL through the season’s first month.
—Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
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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
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Our goalie has to be prepared to come out and play defense.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
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Quick owns the record for shutouts by an American goalie, with 57.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
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For a national team goalie, that is not the best tonic to stay at the top of one's game.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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The whole room’s got confidence in him, the coaches, the goalie department — everyone here does.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
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New Jersey's run might already be done if not for goalie Jacob Markstrom.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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