Definitions
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- noun ice hockey Someone who plays
ice hockey in theNHL .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a junior, he played in the Memorial Cup final, and as an NHLer, he's won a Stanley Cup and scored a gold medal-winning goal in the Olympics.
MVP vote remains up in the air as Crosby, Ovechkin meet 2010
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The son of longtime NHLer Carey Wilson is a physical, hard-driving power center who would make a perfect No. 2 pivot at the NHL level.
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After a little digging into the Ron Francis file, we learn that, yes, he put up 1,798 points as an NHLer, but only two other players among the top thirty of all time—Howe and Messier—played more games than he did.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Chris Chelios became the second oldest active NHLer ever the other day when he suited up for Atlanta versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Chelios Back In It 2010
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In his UFA season, at the age of twenty-seven, Lombardi was a veteran NHLer meeting, if not exceeding, expectations.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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After a little digging into the Ron Francis file, we learn that, yes, he put up 1,798 points as an NHLer, but only two other players among the top thirty of all time—Howe and Messier—played more games than he did.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010-2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Shannon, a 26-year-old, third-year NHLer from Darien, Conn., snapped a tie in the third period and gave the surging Senators a 2-1 win over the Rangers on Sunday night.
USATODAY.com 2008
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In his UFA season, at the age of twenty-seven, Lombardi was a veteran NHLer meeting, if not exceeding, expectations.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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In his UFA season, at the age of twenty-seven, Lombardi was a veteran NHLer meeting, if not exceeding, expectations.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010-2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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After a little digging into the Ron Francis file, we learn that, yes, he put up 1,798 points as an NHLer, but only two other players among the top thirty of all time—Howe and Messier—played more games than he did.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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