Major and minor penalties are probably the
most common penalties. Minor penalties are 2
min. long although you can get a double
minor if you fail so hard that you commit two
penalties before you team touches the puck.
Minors are things like tripping,checking(until
midget which is a league in hockey),hooking,
and slashing. Tripping is when you stick your
stick out to make a player fall or purposely fall
down to make another player fall over you.
Checking is when you deliberately hit another
player to separate them from the puck.
Hooking is when you put the blade of your
stick around another player. Slashing is when
you hit another player with your stick to hurt
them.
Majors are more serious which you can tell by
the name. Majors last 5min. over double the
length of a minor. One example is boarding.
Boarding is when you push someone into the
boards really hard. Sometimes players will get
seriously injured or DIE from boardings so
watch out!
Now let’s proceed on to match and misconduct
penalties. Match penalties are awarded to two
players that get into a fight. Match penalties
make a player sit out for ten min. but the
team does not have to play short handed.
Referees also must report a match penalty
immediately after a game to the owner.
Misconduct penalties are things like saying
rude things to the reffs and other players.
Misconduct are also 10min. long and do not
cause a team to play short handed. Along with
all that you are also fined $100 for a
misconduct penalty. That’ll end match and
misconduct and rules as we go onto our last
section: Equipment.
SPORTS
Equipment
Equipment is a pretty important part of the
game. You can’t play without it. We will start
off with the upper body gear. Gear that is
above the hips. The helmet is the first piece of
into equipment we will talk about. The helmet
covers your head with a visor or a cage
covering your face(visors only cover your
eyes). The neck guard is next. Neck guards
protect your neck and most are made out of
kevlar making them strong,light,and
comfortable. Elbow pads are next and protect
your elbow and a little bit up and down. Chest
protectors protect your shoulders,chest,and
belly. The last piece of equipment is the gloves.
The gloves protect your hands and wrists.
Now onto lower body equipment. First is
hockey pants which protect your
bottom,hips,and thighs. Next is your socks.
Socks cover you shin guards and usually
signify your team with your colors. Shin
guards protect your knee down to your ankles.
Second to last is your skates. Skates have
sharp blades allowing players to dig into the
ice. Skates protect your feet and ankles. Now
we head to our last section:Sticks. Sticks are
used to propel the puck down the ice,stick
handle ,or shoot the puck. Sticks look like long
rodes with curved blades on the end. Sticks
can be no more than 55”long.
That’ll conclude this article so if you want to
learn more go play!Ha,ha,you thought the
article was over. Did you know that hockey is
actually the only sport to allow changes on the
fly. This lets hockey be very fast. That’s really
all this article has so go play.
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