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- noun ice hockey An
empty-net goal .
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Examples
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When NBC finally switched to hockey with less than a minute to play, arriving viewers were informed that the USA had just scored an empty-netter to ice the win.
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Moulson completed his hat trick and took the team lead in goals by scoring an empty-netter with 2:37 left.
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Alex Burrows (FSY) added an empty-netter for the Canucks with 44.6 seconds left.
Canucks' Bieksa scores twice, forces Game 6 vs. Blackhawks 2010
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Notes: A turnover during a late power play allowed Marleau to skate unimpeded for a short-handed empty-netter, his career-best 37th goal. ...
USATODAY.com 2008
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Bergenheim completed his first NHL hat trick with an empty-netter in the final second.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Michael Leighton had 31 saves, and Jeff Carter scored an empty-netter in the final seconds to help the Flyers become the first team in the series to win a game by more than one goal.
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Cleary added an empty-netter with 35 seconds left.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Milan Michalek also scored, and captain Patrick Marleau added an empty-netter.
USATODAY.com 2008
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The Oilers quickly responded with Hemsky's empty-netter, and Cogliano's goal with 12 seconds remaining.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Ovechkin broke a tie with 2: 31 left, and completed his third hat trick of the season and the eighth overall with an empty-netter.
USATODAY.com 2008
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