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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Then the Wild ran into penalty trouble, with back-to-back trips to the penalty box.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Faksa put Dallas up 1-0 just over three minutes in with Ilya Lyubushkin in the penalty box for holding, cashing in on his own rebound off Washington netminder Logan Thompson.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
The officials stopped briefly, but then continued to their quarters, prompting Werenski to skate over to the off-ice officials between the penalty box.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Job one will be to stay out of the penalty box, which is easier said than done for this Bruins team.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Faksa put Dallas up 1-0 just over three minutes in with Ilya Lyubushkin in the penalty box for holding, cashing in on his own rebound off Washington netminder Logan Thompson.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
The officials stopped briefly, but then continued to their quarters, prompting Werenski to skate over to the off-ice officials between the penalty box.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Job one will be to stay out of the penalty box, which is easier said than done for this Bruins team.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penalty box
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“Penalty box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty%20box. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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