1. goalie - Noun
2. goalie - Verb
the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
Source: WordNetIn my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender. Johan Cruyff
Your best penalty killer is your goalie. Dave Allison
I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do. Henrik Lundqvist
Added backup goalie Charlie Lindgren, who stopped 20 of 24 shots during the game and all three shooters in the shootout: “That spoke volumes of being able to come back from a 3-0 deficit and end up winning a big hockey game. Source: Internet
And he only needs to cite the goalie Lankinen was summoned to back up to justify it. Source: Internet
After goalie Dominik Hasek played poorly in Games 3 and 4 of the series, both losses, Head Coach Mike Babcock replaced him with Chris Osgood. Source: Internet