Definitions
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- verb this sense?) (
ice hockey ) To rush back to thedefensive zone to defend against the other team's attack
Etymologies
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Examples
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` ` My timing wasn't great, but I tried not to put myself into positions where I had to overexert myself or would have to backtrack or backcheck, '' Sullivan said.
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When we backcheck, it's not just to look around, either. ...
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Unfortunately, we didn't backcheck and pick up the guy.
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` ` We didn't have energy to backcheck and that's why they got their chances.
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Weight, who played his 1,000th career game Thursday, opened the scoring when a weak backcheck from Naslund left him in alone on Luongo 9 minutes in.
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` ` My legs feel fine, but there's some rust in my hands, '' said Gaborik, whose failure to backcheck was one factor in Colorado rookie Kyle Cumiskey's second-period goal, the first of his career off a perfect behind-the-net feed from former Minnesota forward Andrew Brunette.
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` ` I noticed their guys had not started to backcheck, '' Lukowich said.
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Sent in alone by Huselius, Lombardi fended off a diving backcheck by Kevin Bieksa, cut across the front of the Vancouver net and neatly pulled the puck around Luongo.
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` ` Because we were so strong in areas like our backcheck and clearing the pucks, we showed a lot of patience and ended up getting a lot of power-play time, '' Kings coach Marc Crawford said.
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We have come up from the "let it all hangout" routine of yahoogroups, et al. How seriously we research our writing and backcheck our facts does not compare to what the Times should be doing.
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