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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Sam Bennett in the penalty box for slashing led to a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins power-play goal to shave the Oilers deficit to 3-1 three minutes into the second.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
That’s what Real Madrid had to do, however, after defender Raul Asencio was shown a red card after a flagrant foul just outside the penalty box in the seventh minute.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
In that game, the Mexican side conceded a free kick a metre outside the penalty box.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Coyle had not even shut the penalty box door when Alex Killorn pushed a pass from below the goal line into the inner part of the right circle for a one-timer by Colangelo.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
That’s what Real Madrid had to do, however, after defender Raul Asencio was shown a red card after a flagrant foul just outside the penalty box in the seventh minute.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
In that game, the Mexican side conceded a free kick a metre outside the penalty box.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Coyle had not even shut the penalty box door when Alex Killorn pushed a pass from below the goal line into the inner part of the right circle for a one-timer by Colangelo.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Penalty box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty%20box. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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