English Explanatory Dictionary

minor penalty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.

Word forms

minor penalty minor penalties minor

Etymology

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

Derived words

bench minor double minor triple minor
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