MINOR PENALTY Definition & Meaning

minor penalty

noun

Ice Hockey.

a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.

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Origin of minor penalty¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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The play was initially called a five-minute major, but changed to a minor penalty after replay review.

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Fowler was fortunate to get away with only a minor penalty on the play as Wright was far enough from the boards that he braced himself for impact and wasn’t hurt.

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Burakovsky got a shot off just as he was being tripped by Scheifele for a two-minute minor penalty.

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Before Bjorkstrand’s goal, St. Louis’ Marco Scandella took a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head of Jared McCann.

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Play could have been whistled dead in honor of McDavid’s third minor penalty of the game, but it wasn’t called.

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