minor penalty
minor penalty · minor penalties
A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for two minutes or the next…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Origin
Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–192Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.
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