Christopher Charles Knight is
passionate about Ice Hockey. Many people find ice hockey a little jarring to
watch, especially as it so frequently seems as though ice hockey is just one
massive brawl waiting to happen. Believe it or not, there are fouls and
penalties in ice hockey and Christopher C Knight is here to explain them to us.
To begin, Christopher C
Knight, born 10 March 1973, explains that a penalty in ice hockey is the name
of the punishment issued for violating the Rules of Hockey. In the case of a
foul, the offending player is removed from the ice and made to sit in the so
called penalty box for a set amount of time. During the penalty, the offending
team is forced to play with one less player than normal. These conditions are
called a power play. Christopher C Knight notes that the player sitting in the
penalty box is often subjected to jeers and taunts, including having live fish
hurled at them from the spectators.
Penalties are
systematically rated, Christopher C Knight explains. The ranking system is
termed by how “minor” or “major” a given penalty is. For example, you can have
a “double minor” penalty, which obviously is less major than a “major” penalty.
The worst type of penalty is called “gross misconduct”. Gross misconduct is considered
more major than other major penalties. For definition of gross misconduct,
Christopher C Knight turns to rule 4.7B of the Hockey Canada Rule Book, which states that "A Gross Misconduct penalty shall be assessed [to] any player or
team official who conducts herself in such a manner as to make a travesty of
the game.” For example: a player who consumes alcohol prior to or during
the game, a player becoming involved in a fight or any person saying
discriminatory things to another person.
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