Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Penalties: There are four kinds of penalties. Minor penalties, major penalties, misconduct penalty and match penalties. For a minor penalty a player must sit in the penalty box for 2 minutes or until the other team scores. For a major penalty a player must sit in the penalty box for 5 minutes. And does not get out before 5 minutes for any reason. A match penalty involves the suspension of a player for the balance of the game and the player will be ordered to the dressing room immediately. A substitute player can replace the penalized player after five minutes of playing time has gone by. A misconduct penalty results in a player going to the penalty box for 10 minutes.
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Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Minor Penalties: Any player, other than a goalkeeper, will be ruled off the ice for two minutes during which time no substitute will be permitted. A bench minor penalty involves sending off the ice one player of the t MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Coincidental Penalties: When penalties are given out to opposing players at the same time. The result is that neither team will be playing shorthanded, because both teams will lose a player. MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Major Penalties: For the first major penalty in any one game, the offender, except the goalkeeper, will be ordered off the ice for five (5) minutes and during this time no substitute shall be allowed. An automatic fin MORE