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