minor penalty
Brief penalty box
A minor penalty in ice hockey sends a player to the penalty box for two minutes, during which their team plays shorthanded.
If the opposing team scores during this time, the penalty ends immediately.
Minor penalties are called for infractions like tripping, hooking, slashing, or holding—violations that impede play but don't cause serious injury.
He took a minor penalty for interference in the second period.
- infractionMinor rule breach
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- trippingLosing balance walking
- hookingCatching with curved end
slashing · elbowing · violation · cross-checking · roughing · obstruction · yellow card · charging · two minutes · slap on the wrist · fighting · boarding · kicking · shorthanded · clipping · high-sticking · diving · breach
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- mild punishmentswarning, reprimand, caution, scolding, timeout
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Severe game infraction punishment
match penalty · gross misconduct · ejection · suspension · expulsion
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