Definitions for Defenseman
dɪˈfɛns mən, -ˌmæn; -mən, -ˌmɛnde·fense·man

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1. Defenseman

   Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, defensemen, D, D-men or blueliners. They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded, in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Defenseman in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Defenseman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Defenseman in a Sentence

1. Andreas Athanasiou:

   Any time you can help your team is a good feeling, when you have a defenseman on the rush, that opens things up. I was fortunate to take the shot and it went in.

2. Andre Burakovsky:

   I think I was creating before, too. I got chances but maybe a little bit unlucky, didn’t bounce my way, if you look at my goal, it hit the (defenseman’s) stick and went five-hole. Luck turned a little bit.

3. Anders Lee:

   Kevin Hayes, James van Riemsdyk, Michael Raffl and Scott Laughton also scored for Philadelphia, and Carter Hart made a career-high 49 saves. The Flyers won a third overtime game in a postseason series for the first time. Carter Hart kept us in this game, Giroux said. Carter Hart made some huge saves for us and I was pretty glad to see Provys shot go in there. Mathew Barzals and Derick Brassard each had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee and Matt Martin also scored for New York, which trailed 2-0 midway through the first period before taking leads of 3-2 and 4-3. Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 shots. Its an unfortunate play there at the end, but it happens, Mathew Barzals said. Now its a winner-take-all Game 7. Game 7 is Saturday, with the winner advancing to face Tampa Bay in the conference finals Philadelphia had a chance on a flurry in front of The Islanders net early in the second overtime, but Semyon Varlamov stopped the puck and Pelech dove at the loose puck to keep it out with his stick and glove. After Pelech lost the puck on a shot attempt when his stick broke, The Flyers pushed it up the ice and Provorov got a pass from Kevin Hayes and beat Semyon Varlamov. I saw their defenseman broke his stick, Haysie was carrying the puck in and I knew he was going to try to make a play, Provorov said. He threw the puck up front, I got it and their forward was sliding into the lane so I shot it opposite side and tired to go top corner and got it there. Carter Hart had 38 saves in regulation. Carter Hart made several nice stops in the first extra period, including a save on Jordan Eberles backhand midway through. Our shots were there, our chances were there for sure.

4. Don Waddell:

   If free agency starts and we know we need a defenseman, we ca n’t be patient and wait for Dougie Hamilton to make a decision, we want Dougie Hamilton back, and we’re hoping we can do that this week.

5. Jon Cooper:

   Boy has he ever gravitated to it now and takes pride in it, there could be some players that, they’ll ‘yes’ you to death and go out there and want to keep doing it their way. Sergy really bought into becoming a well-rounded defenseman and it’s been fun to watch him work because that kid's got a bright future and a long one ahead.

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
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