minor penalty

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Etymology

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

Noun

minor penalty (plural minor penalties)

  1. (ice hockey) 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.

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