Penalty (ice hockey) — A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The… … Wikipedia
Penalty box — The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin [cite web|url=http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/02/04/UndefinedSection/sin Bin.Awaits.Naughty.Icers 1421994.shtml|publisher=Michigan Daily|title= Sin bin awaits… … Wikipedia
Misconduct (football) — Misconduct in association football is any conduct by a player which is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction (caution or dismissal) in accordance with Law 12 of the Laws of the Game. Misconduct may occur at any time, including… … Wikipedia
Penalty card — A penalty card is used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offence. The referee… … Wikipedia
Misconduct (association football) — Players are cautioned with a yellow card, and dismissed from the field with a red card. Misconduct in association football is any conduct by a player that is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction (caution or dismissal) in… … Wikipedia
Misconduct — This article is about the legal sense. For the association football sense, see Misconduct (association football). For the infraction in ice hockey, see Penalty (ice hockey). A misconduct is a legal term meaning a wrongful, improper, or unlawful… … Wikipedia
misconduct — noun Date: 1705 1. mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities 2. intentional wrongdoing; specifically deliberate violation of a law or standard especially by a government official ; malfeasance 3. a. improper behavior b … New Collegiate Dictionary
penalty try — noun An awarding of five points (equivalent to scoring a try) to a team whose opponents have prevented, by misconduct, a try being scored … Wiktionary
Death penalty (NCAA) — The death penalty is the popular term for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) s power to ban a school from competing in a sport for at least one year. It is the harshest penalty that an NCAA member school can receive. It has been… … Wikipedia
game misconduct — noun (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) • Topics: ↑ice hockey, ↑hockey, ↑hockey game • Hypernyms: ↑penalty * * * ˈgame misconduct 7 [ … Useful english dictionary
Ice hockey — sport imagesize=250px caption=Two defencemen and a goaltender guard their goal. The referee s raised arm indicates that he intends to call a penalty. union=International Ice Hockey Federation nickname=Hockey first=March 3, 1875, Victoria Skating… … Wikipedia
