How to Use minor penalty in a Sentence

minor penalty

noun

• Gilbert made contact with Ritchie’s head as the pair crashed into the glass, and was awarded a minor penalty.
  — Jenna Ciccotelli, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• The blood rule High-sticking is a minor penalty that sends players to the penalty box for two minutes.
  — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
• Smith was docked a minor penalty and a 10-minute misconduct.
  — oregonlive, 6 May 2021
• Marchand finished with two shots and a minor penalty in 9:19.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Ducks took a fairly straightforward 2-1 matchup in a tight game with no fights and only three minor penalties.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 20 Jan. 2018
• Holtby and his peers say a minor penalty is not much of a deterrent to keep players from crashing the net in hopes of a goal.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
• Two of the four power-play goals the Hawks allowed came while Patrick Kane served a four-minute double-minor penalty for high-sticking.
  — Paul Skrbina, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• The final eight minutes of the second were filled with minor penalties and lots of 4-on-4 hockey, but no one was able to take advantage of the open ice.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2017
• Moore said after his team served four minor penalties and one major.
  — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• Kerfoot was assessed a minor penalty for boarding, and Johnson may have been injured on the play.
  — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• The Kings even took two minor penalties while trailing in the final minutes, eliciting boos from the sellout crowd.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2018
• Then a high-stick double minor penalty on Wild defenseman Ryan Murphy turned the tide.
  — Dave Campbell, star-telegram, 29 Mar. 2018
• The Ducks had a man-advantage at 10:31 when the debuting Jack Studnicka was sent to the box for his second minor penalty of the game on his first shift of the third period.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• On the downside, the first challenge that proves unsuccessful will result in a minor penalty.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
• Pittsburgh tried to regroup in the second period and outshot the Jets 15-4, thanks partly to a string of minor penalties on Winnipeg.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2017
• With less than a minute left in the second, Calvin de Haan was issued a two-minute minor penalty for a hit that sent Mason Marchment reeling backward.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
• Matt Dumba lays a late hit on Joe Pavelski and receives a 2-minute minor penalty for roughing.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Of course the five that were upheld meant failed challenge cost that respective team & coach a subsequent minor penalty.
  — Ross McKeon, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• They Canadiens had to kill off a double minor penalty to Shea Weber that spanned the end of regulation and start of overtime.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 6 July 2021
• On the downside, each coach’s challenge that proves unsuccessful will result in a minor penalty.
  — John Wawrow, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
• The Capitals outshot the Lightning 38-23 but didn't help goaltender Braden Holtby with six minor penalties.
  — Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2018
• Rasmussen was assessed a minor penalty for high-sticking midway through the second period in the Red Wings’ 5-1 loss in Boston.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
• Dach jawed at a few Leafs players — and appeared to also have some choice words for the referee — after taking the second of two minor penalties in the third period.
  — Jimmy Greenfield, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Kassian had been assessed a minor penalty in the second period.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• Ben McCartney was called for high-sticking and assessed a double minor penalty.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
• In addition to the expulsions, the largest of their kind in Britain since 1985, Britain is imposing a host of other relatively minor penalties.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• An unsuccessful challenge results in a two-minute minor penalty and a power play for the opposing team.
  — Andrew Knoll, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
• Lucic was assessed two minor penalties for roughing; Sherwood left the game but later returned.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• After a review, Dumba was assessed a minor penalty for roughing.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2023
• Whenever a bad thought pops into Riley’s head, Joy sends it to the back of her mind before anyone else can notice — a minor penalty that will eventually have major repercussions.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 June 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024