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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Fabbro, then, sat in the penalty box while his tribute played on the scoreboard in Bridgestone Arena.
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The preseason game took more than three hours to complete, at times saw a half-dozen Lightning players in the penalty box and at one point saw a third-period goal taken off the board because a player that had gotten ejected (Florida’s Niko Mikkola) was on the ice and assisted on the tally.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Madrid also seems to have unearthed a gem in Gonzalo Garcia, whom Herrera thinks can be Madrid’s penalty box poacher.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Townsend’s shot from outside the penalty box late in the second half of overtime lifted the Bulldogs to a 2-1 victory against then-No. 4 Chesterton and ended a losing streak of eight games in the series dating to 2017.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The preseason game took more than three hours to complete, at times saw a half-dozen Lightning players in the penalty box and at one point saw a third-period goal taken off the board because a player that had gotten ejected (Florida’s Niko Mikkola) was on the ice and assisted on the tally.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Madrid also seems to have unearthed a gem in Gonzalo Garcia, whom Herrera thinks can be Madrid’s penalty box poacher.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Townsend’s shot from outside the penalty box late in the second half of overtime lifted the Bulldogs to a 2-1 victory against then-No. 4 Chesterton and ended a losing streak of eight games in the series dating to 2017.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Penalty box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalty%20box. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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