| If you?re a newcomer to the game of hockey | | | | the other team and a penalty kill for the |
| you may find the rules of the game a bit | | | | team that is penalized. There are minor |
| confusing, but with a little self-educating | | | | penalties, major penalties, misconduct |
| you?ll pick up them right away. When you | | | | penalties and severe penalties. With severe |
| understand the hockey penalties, you?ll find | | | | penalties, such as trying to injure another |
| the game more enlightening regardless of | | | | player, a player may be suspended or fined. |
| whether you?re playing or enjoying a hockey | | | | |
| game as a spectator. The rules for hockey | | | | With a minor penalty, the player sits out for |
| aren?t too terribly complicated, just pretty | | | | two minutes or until the other team scores |
| different from other sports. Once you learn | | | | while the penalized player?s team continues |
| the rules, you may be ready to complain about | | | | to play with a shortage of one player. For |
| the ref?s calls like everyone does in other | | | | major penalties a player warms the bench for |
| sports, but be careful about arguing with the | | | | five minutes regardless of whether or not the |
| referees because hockey is a pretty | | | | other team scores. A misconduct penalty earns |
| disciplined game. The captain of a hockey | | | | a player a ten minute outage, but during the |
| team is the one person designated to talk to | | | | time a misconduct penalty is being served by |
| officials about the rules of the game. Each | | | | a player, the player?s team doesn?t have to |
| team has a captain and alternate captains. | | | | play short-handed. |
| The alternates can talk to the officials | | | | |
| about a play if the captain, for one reason | | | | The term ?offsetting? refers to a situation |
| or another, is not on the ice. | | | | where both teams have players that are |
| | | | penalized for the same incident. The players |
| In hockey, penalties are assessed by referees | | | | involved in the incident have to serve their |
| for poor behavior. Different penalties have | | | | penalty time, but neither team has to play |
| different consequences, some resulting in a | | | | short-handed in such situations. Some |
| team playing short one or two players, but no | | | | specific rules of hockey clearly state what |
| more than two. When a player is taken out of | | | | the penalty or procedure is for certain |
| the game because of a penalty, the play that | | | | behaviors, but some are left up to the |
| occurs with the player?s team being | | | | judgment of the referee who is the final |
| short-handed is referred to a power play for | | | | authority on penalty assessments. |