Definition of penalty box
: an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty
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The blood rule High-sticking is a minor penalty that sends players to the penalty box for two minutes.
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The Flyers must stay out of the penalty box and be disciplined.
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Vlasic did not visit the penalty box in October, November and February.
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Vela scored in the 5th minute, curling a shot from outside the penalty box in to give LAFC a 1-0 lead.
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Each team already had a player in the penalty box when Anaheim's Jakob Silfverberg took a tripping penalty early in the third period.
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As Boston lost Backes for the rest of the game, Matheson sat in the penalty box for about 15 minutes of the second period.
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And there was also, Rivero, the Uruguayan midfielder firing from the middle of the penalty box.
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Gaudette then came out of the penalty box to set up Hawkins on a breakaway for a 5-0 lead at 12:37.
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First Known Use of penalty box
1914
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Definition of penalty box for English Language Learners
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: the area beside an ice hockey rink where a player who has been given a penalty sits for a certain amount of time
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