minor penalty

noun

Etymology

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

Definitions

  1. A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the…

    A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.

The neighborhood

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