too many men
Staff beyond capacity
Too many men is a hockey penalty called when a team has more players on the ice than rules allow, typically resulting from a botched line change.
The phrase extends to any situation where excess participants create problems or violate rules: We got called for too many men when Johnson jumped on before Smith reached the bench.
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- minor penaltyBrief game exclusion
- penalty boxHockey infraction seating area
- hockeyStick-and-goal sport
on the ice · overflow · bench · referee · violation · surplus · outnumbered · power play · whistle · ice · team · roster · substitution · sausage fest · locker room · army · horde · swarm
- football officiatingreferee, penalty flag, yellow flag, false start, offside
- game callsfoul, offsides, offside, traveling, travel
- hockey penaltiescharging, elbowing, holding, hooking, high-sticking
- time violationsdelay of game, shot clock violation, stalling, slow play, pitch clock
- sports mistakesown goal, fumble, bad pass, dropped pass, wild throw
team strength/roster count
too many menshorthanded
Lacking sufficient staff
understaffed · undermanned · penalty kill · man down · skeleton crew