Goalies is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Goalies meaning
plural of goalie
Using Goalies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of goalie
- In the example corpus, goalies often appears in combinations such as: the goalies, goalies in, three goalies.
Context around Goalies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Goalies
- In this selection, "goalies" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, starting, bound, healthy, page, gibson and expected stand out and add context to how "goalies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among their goalies early this and and four goalies will be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "goalies" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, acacia and afdb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with goalies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also on that list is Dylan Garand who is among North American goalies. (13 words)
I’m excited to work with Thatcher, to work with Arturs — they’re both great goalies. (16 words)
Young striker Oliver Battrick impressed up front and Felix McIntosh was one of the form goalies at the tournament. (19 words)
Now we enter another camp where Annunen is the clear No. 2 goalie, but it could be an interesting couple of days when the rosters are set and inevitably several goalies with more NHL experience become available. (37 words)
I mentioned before the game that at times they would cut through us, which they did, but we've got one of the best goalies in the league to make those big saves. (33 words)
The only other transaction of note for the Habs was the trade of Jake Allen to New Jersey, which helped out Montreal as they’d been carrying three goalies all season (sound familiar? (33 words)
The only other transaction of note for the Habs was the trade of Jake Allen to New Jersey, which helped out Montreal as they’d been carrying three goalies all season (sound familiar? (33 words)
NHL bettors, check in with our Starting Goalies Page daily, your ultimate source for real-time insights into the goaltenders guarding the net and shaping the game! (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Georgiev started 62 games in 2022-23 — the third most in the league and second most among playoff-bound goalies.
He and Georgiev were co-backups for the Rangers in 2020-21, when New York carried three goalies on the NHL roster.
Maurice has not named a clear starter for Game 4. According to Olive, both goalies were getting work during the optional practice.
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Now that there are two healthy goalies, Gibson and Anthony Stolarz on the roster, the Ducks on Sunday reassigned Dostal to their American Hockey League affiliate, the San Diego Gulls.
With the goalies expected to start tonight, there’s potential value in predicting a lower-scoring affair, so backing the under six at +100 is where to lean.
With what we’ve seen from these goalies, it’s difficult not to give the Oilers an edge in the net.
Colorado, Columbus, Los Angeles, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, San Jose and Washington have distributed starts fairly equitably among their goalies early this season.
For all of the talk of Boston’s goalies being buoyed by the stingy defense in front of them, it was quite the opposite last year with Swayman.
I mentioned before the game that at times they would cut through us, which they did, but we've got one of the best goalies in the league to make those big saves.
I’m excited to work with Thatcher, to work with Arturs — they’re both great goalies.
Is is number one on the all-time wins list for goalies in the NHL - retiring with a record of 691-397.
It was the first time different Bruins goalies posted shutouts on consecutive days since Portland Pirates Hall of Famers Jim Carey and Byron Dafoe did it back in 1997.
Most of the all-star players were unveiled on Thursday, though the remaining 12 players — eight skaters and four goalies — will be selected through that closes Jan.
Now we enter another camp where Annunen is the clear No. 2 goalie, but it could be an interesting couple of days when the rosters are set and inevitably several goalies with more NHL experience become available.
The only other transaction of note for the Habs was the trade of Jake Allen to New Jersey, which helped out Montreal as they’d been carrying three goalies all season (sound familiar?
The Wild switched goalies at the intermission from Filip Gustavsson to Marc-Andre Fleury and then they let loose as the sloppy and sluggish Canucks squandered a hat trick by J.T. Miller.
Young striker Oliver Battrick impressed up front and Felix McIntosh was one of the form goalies at the tournament.
Also on that list is Dylan Garand who is among North American goalies.
And consider the 2010 Stanley Cup Final between Philadelphia and Chicago, which featured two starting goalies making less than $1 million.
Common combinations with goalies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the goalies 10×
- goalies in 8×
- three goalies 4×
- two goalies 4×
- goalies at 3×
- hockey goalies 3×
- goalies to 3×
- goalies on 2×
- starting goalies 2×
- their goalies 2×