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Bob Robertson (ice Hockey)
Robert Kenneth "Bob" Robertson (born December 22, 1927) is a Canadian former Professional sports#Ice hockey, professional ice hockey player who played 351 games in the American Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Hornets, Providence Reds, Cleveland Barons (1937–73), Cleveland Barons, and Quebec Aces. External links * 1927 births Possibly living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Pittsburgh Hornets players Providence Reds players Quebec Aces (AHL) players Sportspeople from Etobicoke Ice hockey people from Toronto {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman (ice Hockey)
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 generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender. In National Hockey League regular season play in overtime, effective with the 2015-16 season, teams (usually) have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice, and may use either two forwards and one defenceman, orrarelytwo defencemen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
