Game Penalties
-Double Minor penalties are called on exceptionally vicious penalty violations. These violations usually result in an injury to the player on the recieving end.
Charging (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
Applying a body check after you have taken more than two deliberate strides toward your opponent.
Cross Check (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
Hitting your opponent with both hands on your stick and no part of the stick on the ice.
Elbowing (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
Delivering a check with your arms or elbows instead of with your body.
Fighting (Major: 5 Min)
A fight is initiated the moment you drop your gloves.
High Sticking (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
Carrying your stick above shoulder level when skating toward an opponent.
Holding (Minor: 2 Minutes)
Using your hands to grab either your opponent or his stick.
Hooking (Minor: 2 Minutes)
Using the blade of your stick to restrain an opponent.
Interference (Minor: 2 Minutes)
Any contact with your opponent's goalie while he is in possession of the puck and within the crease.
Roughing (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
A particularly ruthless Charging infraction.
Slashing (Minor: 2 Min, Double Minor: 4 Min)
Using your stick to hit, or attempt to hit, an opposing player.
Tripping (Minor: 2 Minutes)
Toppling your opponent by means of either your stick, knee, foot, arm, hand, or elbow.
Delay Of Game (Minor: 2 Minutes)
When the goalie has possession of the puck and either dilberately or accidently shoots the puck out of play.
Too Many Men On The Ice (Minor: 2 Minutes)
When an extra player is on the ice. More than 6 including the goalie or 6 players when the goalie has been taken out.
Penalties that don't result in a player going to the penalty box.
Icing
Occurs when a player shoots the puck from his own half of the ice past the opponent's goal line. A face-off follows near the offender's goal.
Off-sides
Occurs when a player whose team has possession of the puck crosses the blue line into the opposing team's defensive area ahead of the puck, and when a player passes the puck to his teammate who crosses the blue line before the puck. A face-off follows outside the defender's blue line.
Two Line Pass
When a player passes to a teammate from behind his own blue line past the red line, or passes from behind the center line past the defender's blue line. Results in a face-off.
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