How to Use minor penalty in a Sentence

minor penalty

noun
  • Crinon received a minor penalty for the hit.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Moore said after his team served four minor penalties and one major.
    — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • After one warning, the team will be given a bench minor penalty.
    — Analis Bailey, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Roque and Curl-Salemme were assessed minor penalties on the play.
    — Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The Bruins have a league-high 158 minor penalties.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Gilbert made contact with Ritchie’s head as the pair crashed into the glass, and was awarded a minor penalty.
    — Jenna Ciccotelli, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Holtby and his peers say a minor penalty is not much of a deterrent to keep players from crashing the net in hopes of a goal.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The blood rule High-sticking is a minor penalty that sends players to the penalty box for two minutes.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Any subsequent challenges by the same team will carry a four-minute, double-minor penalty.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The play was initially called a five-minute major, but changed to a minor penalty after replay review.
    — Stephen Hawkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024
  • Kassian had been assessed a minor penalty in the second period.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
  • Kerfoot was assessed a minor penalty for boarding, and Johnson may have been injured on the play.
    — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The Bruins took 10 minor penalties.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • On the downside, the first challenge that proves unsuccessful will result in a minor penalty.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
  • On the downside, each coach’s challenge that proves unsuccessful will result in a minor penalty.
    — John Wawrow, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
  • The Ducks took a fairly straightforward 2-1 matchup in a tight game with no fights and only three minor penalties.
    — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The Kings even took two minor penalties while trailing in the final minutes, eliciting boos from the sellout crowd.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2018
  • An unsuccessful challenge results in a two-minute minor penalty and a power play for the opposing team.
    — Andrew Knoll, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Lucic was assessed two minor penalties for roughing; Sherwood left the game but later returned.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Then a high-stick double minor penalty on Wild defenseman Ryan Murphy turned the tide.
    — Dave Campbell, star-telegram, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The Golden Knights have taken 16 minor penalties and one double minor in the first four games.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Ben McCartney was called for high-sticking and assessed a double minor penalty.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The final eight minutes of the second were filled with minor penalties and lots of 4-on-4 hockey, but no one was able to take advantage of the open ice.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Geekie was initially called for a major penalty (kneeing), but after a quick review, the penalty was reduced to a minor penalty.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Just after the Panthers killed off a minor penalty, the Avalanche worked the puck around the offensive zone and got it to Toews at the point.
    — Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the Sharks were able to kill minor penalties to Graf and Mukhamadullin in the third period to at least help get the game into overtime.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Avs failed to take advantage of a 5-on-3 early in the period, then took four minor penalties themselves.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Two of the four power-play goals the Hawks allowed came while Patrick Kane served a four-minute double-minor penalty for high-sticking.
    — Paul Skrbina, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Ferland was assessed a minor penalty for slashing and the Wild received a bench minor for interference.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The jailbreak rule states that if a team that’s killing a minor penalty scores a shorthanded goal, its player may leave the penalty box, and play reverts to 5-on-5.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 18 May 2026

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