What are the penalties in ice hockey?

In ice hockey, a penalty results in a player spending time in the penalty box. Ice hockey has three types of penalties: minor, major, and misconduct. The harsher the penalty, the harsher the punishment. read more

A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by sending the offending player to a penalty box for a set number of minutes. During the penalty the player may not participate in play. Penalties are called and enforced by the referee, or in some cases, the linesman. read more

The types of hockey penalties that incur five minutes in the penalty box are called major penalties. The most common major penalties are for fighting. No matter the penalty itself, a major penalty puts that player out of the game for five minutes. read more