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| Thursday, January 6 Updated: February 7, 5:46 PM ET NHL Rules! Glossary of penalties ESPN.com |
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When a referee assesses a penalty, there are varying degrees of punishment. A penalty can have a duration of two, four, five or 10 minutes. Minor penalties are erased by an opponent's goal, but major ones are not. For example, a two-minute penalty is a "minor" infraction, while a five-minute penalty is a "major." Match penalties, game misconducts and gross misconducts result in an ejection from the game. A delayed penalty is when the referee waits to stop play for a penalty until the offending team gains possession of puck. Boarding: Any player who checks an opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to be thrown violently into the boards (2 minutes,5 or a game misconduct). Broken Stick: No skater may play with a broken/partial stick with the exception of the goaltender (2).
Butt-ending: Striking an opponent with the top of the shaft of the stick in a jabbing motion (4,5 and GM). Charging: Skating, jumping or charging violently into an opposing player (2,5). Checking from behind: Hitting a player on the back part of the body when that player is unable to defend himself (5 and GM). Clipping: A player who uses his body to hit an opponent across or below the knees. (2,5 and GM). Cross Checking: A check delivered with both hands on the stick with arms extended at the time of impact (2,4,5 and GM). Delay of game: Deliberately shooting puck out of rink. Intentionally displacing net. Falling or closing hand on puck outside of crease area. Stalling the start of play (Bench Minor - 2 minutes). Diving: A player who attempts to draw a penalty by his deliberately falling (2). Elbowing: Use of an extended elbow to hit opponent (2,5 and GM). High sticking: Striking opponent with stick above shoulders (2,4,5 and GM). Holding: Use of hands or arms to impede an opponent's progress (2). Holding the stick: A player is not permitted to hold an opponent's stick (2). Hooking: Use of the stick to impede the progress of an opponent (2). Illegal stick:
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Goalie: Interference: Impeding progress of an opponent who does not have the puck (2). Kneeing: Striking an opponent with the knee (2,5 and GM). Roughing: Excessive pushing or shoving (2,4). Slashing: Swinging the stick at an opponent, regardless of whether contact is made (2,5 and GM). Spearing: Stabbing at an opponent with the point of the stick blade regardless of whether contact is made (4,5 and GM). Tripping: A player who uses his stick or any part of his body to cause an opponent to trip and fall (2). Unsportsmanlike conduct: A player who challenges or disputes the rulings of an official and abuses the line of respect (2). Penalty shot: Certain penalties result in a player being allowed to skate in unimpeded on the goalie for a shot. Once the player crosses the blue line, he cannot make any backward movement. The call is under the referee's discretion; it is a judgment call. Penalty shots are awarded when: 1. A defending player deliberately dislodges the net from its moorings during a breakaway. 2. A defending player intentionally dislodges the net from its moorings when the penalty cannot be served in its entirety during regulation time. 3. There is a deliberate and illegal substitution when a penalty cannot be served in its entirety during regulation time. 4. There is a foul from behind on breakaway. 5. A player falls on the puck in the goal crease. 6. A player picks up the puck in the goal crease with his hand. 7. Throwing or shooting of object at puck in defending zone. 8. A player on a breakaway is interfered with by an object shot or thrown by defending team. 9. A player on a breakaway is interfered with by player who has illegally entered game. |
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