Over the years there have been some Columbus Blue Jackets’ players that
are known for spending time in the penalty box. From two minute minor
penalties to five minute major all the way up to a misconduct penalty, https://www.clbbluejacketsfans.com/boone-jenner-jersey-c-17.html there are many ways to see the inside of the penalty box in any given game. Understanding why they got there is the hard part.
There are a lot of ways that the play stops in a hockey game but the
most detrimental one is when your team takes a penalty. As the
offending team you lose a player for a set period of time and the other
team goes on a “man advantage”. This is most teams best chance to add a
point to the board as there will always be a man unguarded and most
teams score about 20 of the time don’t get me started on the Columbus
Blue Jackets power play right now .
For some reason when the official tells us why there was a penalty,
50 75 of the time their microphone doesn’t work and we are left in the
dark. I figured on this round of “Hockey Basics” that I would cover what
those common penalties are. Before I get into the types of penalties
though, I want to cover the concept of a delayed penalties.
When a penalty is taken by a team then you will see an official
raise their arm straight up and hold it there. This indicates that there
is a delayed penalty that will be called when the other team touches
the puck. Even though Ryan Murray Jersey
the penalty has occurred the play won’t be stopped until the offending
team can touch the puck. In a lot of circumstances you will see the team
with the puck send their goalie to the bench as soon as they can and
put an extra attacker on the ice. This can allow a team to get a man
advantage for longer than the time of the penalty as long as they can
keep control of the puck. Once the offending touches the puck then play
is immediately blown dead and the penalty is announced.
Most of the penalties in the NHL are two minute minor violations.
The ones that I am going to focus on today are hooking, slashing,
tripping , and too many men on the ice. Each of these penalties will
cause a player to sit, at least https://www.clbbluejacketsfans.com/nick-foligno-jersey-c-18.html,
two minutes inside the penalty box opposite the team bench. Some of
these sounds super straight forward but for some reason have a niche
that makes them not as clear as expected.
Hooking and slashing are very similar to each other in the fact that
they are penalties that are caused by the misuse of the stick in a
play. Hooking is commonly found in a play where a defender is getting
beat. They will reach around the player ahead of them and use the stick
to slow the player down. Slashing is the act of swinging a stick at a
player or players stick without the effort of playing the puck. This is
often done in retaliation for a perceived slight and is often obvious
from the fact that it knocks the stick from the hands of a player. The
odd fact about these penalties is that contact is not necessary for them
to be called. If you try to slow a player or hit a player with your
stick and miss the intent can send you to the box for two minutes.
Tripping seems straight forward but has a twist about what is
considered tripping. Tripping can occur when a player causes another to
lose their balance or fall using a stick or any part of their body,
including skates. However, in theory, you could trip a player and send
them to the ice without incurring a penalty. The deciding factor here is
whether the officials decide that you are playing the puck. If you trip
another player but are not playing the puck then you will spend the
next two minutes in the penalty box. If you are playing the puck and
accidentally hit a skate and a p layer falls then it is up to the
officials to decide if that is a penalty or not. This one can bet tricky
and any time a player falls there seems to be two very different
opinions on the call or no call depending on which team you are rooting
for.
The last penalty I will discuss today is a fun one to see in effect.
The “Too many men on the ice” penalty is odd in the fact that it is not
uncommon to see seven or eight players on the ice at the same time
without a call but see six men on the ice and there be a minor penalty.
This all boils down to the determination of how many players are
“involved in the play”. A player leaving the ice is considered “out of
play” as long as they don’t play the puck and are within five feet of
the bench. Any player coming onto the ice is considered “in the play”
once their skates touch the ice. If a player is eight feet https://www.clbbluejacketsfans.com/pierreluc-dubois-jersey-c-19.html
out from the bench and their replacement hits the ice then the penalty
is called. This rule seems to have some flexibility as sometimes it
seems to not be called and sometimes it is called every time.
No team likes to be on the penalty kill but it is not likely that
there will be a multiple game streak without having to kill off a
penalty. It is likely that you will see many calls this season and
hopefully this will help you to understand what you are seeing. Check
back next week for the next installment of hockey basics where we talk
about the more detrimental penalties like fighting and high sticks.
