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Definition of minor penalty
: a 2-minute suspension of a player in ice hockey with no substitute allowed
Examples of minor penalty in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Ferland was assessed a minor penalty for slashing and the Wild received a bench minor for interference.
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Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune, "Vancouver's Micheal Ferland fined $5,000 for spearing Wild's Ryan Hartman," 3 Aug. 2020 Gilbert made contact with Ritchie’s head as the pair crashed into the glass, and was awarded a minor penalty.
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Jenna Ciccotelli, BostonGlobe.com, "Five things to know about new Bruin Nick Ritchie," 24 Feb. 2020 Kassian received two minor penalties for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct.
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BostonGlobe.com, "NHL to showcase women’s game during All-Star festivities," 13 Jan. 2020 Girard’s average ice time of 19:53 was the second-highest average of anyone who committed just three minor penalties.
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Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Sam Girard has a long contract, big future with Avalanche," 16 Sep. 2019 Moore said after his team served four minor penalties and one major.
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Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, "Andrew Hubbard stellar in net for Wellesley boys in D1 South win over Marshfield," 27 Feb. 2020 Kerfoot was assessed a minor penalty for boarding, and Johnson may have been injured on the play.
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Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Avalanche’s Valeri Nishushkin said his 91-game goals drought has been the “hardest time in my life”," 24 Nov. 2019 In December in Arizona, Ekman-Larsson laid out Benn with an open-ice, blindside hit in the Stars zone for which he was given a minor penalty for interference.
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Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, "Source: Jamie Benn won’t be fined or suspended for hit on Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson," 20 Feb. 2020 The Wings, admittedly, played the entire series at a loss, talent-wise, and had already gotten lucky when a potential winning goal with about 90 seconds remaining in the third period was waived off for matching minor penalties behind the play.
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Red Wings: Solving the greatest 'What ifs' of the 2010s," 28 Dec. 2019
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