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The one teammate paid to enjoy pucks flying at their face.
means A hockey or soccer goaltender — the player stationed in front of the net whose job is to stop the other team from scoring.
from A straightforward compound of 'net' and 'minder' — someone who minds, or watches over, the net. It emerged alongside ice hockey terminology, a plainspoken label in a sport otherwise crowded with slang like 'tender' and 'goalie' for the same job.
- origin
- Old term for hockey or lacrosse goalie
- job
- Stop rubber and metal moving 100 mph
- stat quirk
- Judged on shots missed, not taken
- psychology
- Short memory required, long memory punished