Word: backchecker
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...defense plays an aggressive style not only with its backcheck but also its after-the-whistle check, as Cam Cuthbert is known in these parts as one of the best in game at getting away with late hits...
...Harvard's Wade Lau have performed strongly in recent weeks. On defense, the Eagles can rely on strong efforts from George Amidon and Jim Chisholm but they have blueliners out because of injuries, while for Harvard, it's a question of whether offense and defense can forecheck and backcheck together as a unit...
...line is averaging two goals a game, with Tom "They thought I couldn't put the puck in the net" Murray tied for the team lead with three. They backcheck, they scramble, they've got everything except a nickname. Send your submissions in, care of this writer...
...know what makes me feel worse, watching the hockey team lose close games or seeing Bobby Fowkes having to spectate instead of backcheck until February...
...Russians' defensive style is less sophisticated. In fact, the goaltender is the first-and final-line of defense. The Soviet defensemen do not use their bodies to deter opponents as willingly or as often as their N.H.L. counterparts, and the Russian forwards backcheck hardly at all. But with Vladislav Tretiak guarding the goal, there seemed to be little need. He averaged 39 saves in the four games he played and astounded observers with his catlike reflexes...