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Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen , D , D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen ...
Blue Jackets' players skate back on defense in a game vs. the St. Louis Blues. The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blue Jackets began play in 2000 as an expansion ...
He became the third defenseman to be named Hockey East Rookie of the Year, and the first since Ian Moran in 1992. [6] He was also presented the Walter Brown Award given to the best American-born Division I men's college ice hockey player in New England , becoming just the second freshman to win said award since its establishment in 1953, and ...
He is a graduate of Davison High School. Morrow attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio where he was a star defenseman and also represented Team USA at the 1978 Ice Hockey World Championship. His best year as a college player was in 1979 when he was named Central Collegiate Hockey Association player of the year.
Patrice Bergeron won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward a record six times, and was a finalist every year from 2012 to 2023. In ice hockey, a two-way forward is a forward who handles the defensive aspects of the game as well as the offensive aspects. Typically, a player's frame is not an issue in whether he can be a ...
Arber Xhekaj (Albanian: Arbër Xhekaj, [1] pronounced / dʒ æ k aɪ /, jak-EYE, [2] born January 30, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with Montreal in October 2021.
Mike Randolph, a state champion as a boys hockey coach and a coaching Hall of Famer, is between jobs after St. Thomas Academy chose not to renew his one-year contract for the 2024-25 season.
David Špaček (born 18 February 2003) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL), as a prospect for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Wild, in the fifth round, 153rd overall, in the 2022 NHL entry draft.