minor penalty

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minor penalty

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

noun minor penalties · minor

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

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@misc{minor_penalty_2026,
  title = {minor penalty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minor%20penalty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}