minor penalty

noun

: a 2-minute suspension of a player in ice hockey with no substitute allowed

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On the next shift, a Zac Jones high stick caught Johansson in the face, drawing a double minor penalty, and Gaudreau made a deft move at the top of the crease for a power play goal to pull the Wild even again. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025 Utah defenseman Mikhail Sergachev saved a goal early in the second period, but later committed back-to-back minor penalties. Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025 Still, the Sharks were able to kill minor penalties to Graf and Mukhamadullin in the third period to at least help get the game into overtime. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 Twice in the first frame, miscommunication between Tyler Myers and Carson Soucy on line changes led to the Canucks being assessed a bench minor penalty for too many men on the ice. Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minor penalty

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of minor penalty was in 1925

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“Minor penalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20penalty. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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