Minors In Ice Hockey

In ice hockey, there are many different penalties, but there are 3 main types: Minors, which give 2 minutes in the penalty box, major, which gives 5, and misconduct, which either gets you thrown out of the game or ves you 10 minutes on the bench. I’m going to talk about one of the minor penalties. This one is called hooking. Hooking is when a player wraps their stick around another player’s body and holds them back, in which the referee’s would blow the whistle and put that player in the box. One of the major penalties is called fighting. Fighting is when 2 players drop their gloves and stick onto the ice punch each other until either the refs break it up or one of them go down. This would result in both players going to the penalty box, or
the “sin bin” as its nickname, for either 5 minutes or, if it is in the last 5 minutes of the game, they would both just go to the dressing rooms. Another major penalty is called spearing. Spearing is when a player attempts to stab another player with the stick blade. He will be issued a penalty whether his attempt is successful or not. The last type of penalty is called a misconduct penalty. One type of misconduct penalty is called checking from behind. Checking from behind is when a player hits an opposing player from behind without the player seeing it coming, and therefore unable defend themselves.