penalty box
noun
: an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty
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Long-range cannons and plenty of pingers within the penalty box.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Gabriel Pec played an long arcing ball to the top of the penalty box, where Marco Reus tapped a first-touch pass to a wide-open Paintsil, who calmly flicked a shot inside the back post from the left side of the area.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
There was always an extra buzz in Mellon Arena and, later, Consol Energy Center/PPG Paints Arena, when Malkin was in the penalty box.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 31 July 2025
All Tomas Nosek could do is watch from the penalty box as the Florida Panthers’ hopes to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final slipped away.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Gabriel Pec played an long arcing ball to the top of the penalty box, where Marco Reus tapped a first-touch pass to a wide-open Paintsil, who calmly flicked a shot inside the back post from the left side of the area.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
There was always an extra buzz in Mellon Arena and, later, Consol Energy Center/PPG Paints Arena, when Malkin was in the penalty box.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 31 July 2025
All Tomas Nosek could do is watch from the penalty box as the Florida Panthers’ hopes to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final slipped away.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
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“Penalty box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty%20box. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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