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Hockey: Fouls (Page 4 of 5)
1- History &
Object
2- The Essentials (Offense
& Defense, Scoring, Etc.)
3- Rink Diagram and Positions
4- Fouls
5- Glossary of Hockey Terms
Fouls
Hockey is a contact sport and hard physical contact
is commonplace. Penalties are usually called for
unfairly impeding the progress on an opponent
or if a play was dangerous. Examples of impeding
progress include: hooking (using stick to hold),
interference (checking opponent without the puck),
tripping, and holding. Examples of dangerous plays
include: slashing (swinging the stick), spearing
(jabbing with stick), boarding (hitting into boards),
cross checking (hitting with hands spread on stick),
and roughing (excessive pushing or hitting).
When a penalty is committed, the offending player
must serve a time penalty in the penalty box and
the team plays shorthanded. When this occurs,
the fouled team is on a power
play and the probability of scoring
greatly increases. The defense is on a penalty
kill and tries to delay the game
until the penalty ends. The length of the penalty
depends on the severity of the foul. For less
severe fouls, a minor
penalty is assessed and the offender
must serve two minutes in the penalty box, or
until a goal is scored, whichever occurs first.
For more severe penalties, a major
penalty is assessed and the offender
must serve five minutes in the box, regardless
if a goal is scored. Referees use a “slow
whistle” and do not call penalties until
the team that committed the foul gains possession,
so as not to take away any advantage of the fouled
team.
Two confusing infractions that are called frequently
are offsides and icing. Offisides
is called to prevent unfair breakaway goals. A
simplified explanation is that whenever advancing
the puck to into the attacking zone (the opponent’s
defensive zone), the puck must cross the blue
line before the player; players may not pass to
a teammate in the attacking zone from the other
zones. A face-off in the neutral zone restarts
play. Icing
is called to prevent the defense from unnecessarily
delaying the game. It occurs when the puck is
shot from behind the center line, over the opponent’s
goal line. Some leagues call icing as soon as
the puck crosses the goal line, while others (NHL)
only call icing if the opponent touches the puck
first (not called if the goalie touches the puck).
Also, icing is not called during a penalty kill.
A face off back in the offender’s defensive
zone is used to restart play after icing calls.
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