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In men's hockey, but not in women's, a player may use his hip or shoulder to hit another player if the player has the puck or has just passed it. This use of the hip and shoulder is called body-checking. Expressly forbidden are:
Other serious infractions include delay of game (shooting the puck out of bounds, for example, or deliberately dislodging the goalposts), diving (attempting to draw a penalty or embellish an existing penalty typically by the action of diving) and holding the puck if one is not the goaltender. The penalty for these infractions is the removal of the offending player from the ice for a set period during which his team may not replace him. That is, they must play shorthanded until he returns. A minor penalty is removal for two minutes or until a goal is scored by the unpenalized team.
In the NHL, a double minor penalty (four minutes) is assessed for head-butting, or for a highstick that draws blood from the victim.
A major penalty of five minutes is assigned for more serious infractions, including checking from behind and causing injury while committing a penalty which would otherwise be punished with a minor penalty; the player must serve the full five minutes regardless of the number of goals scored against his or her team. A misconduct penalty is given chiefly for disrespect to the officials; it lasts ten minutes, but the player's team does not have to play shorthanded. Game misconduct and match penalties (for attempting to injure an opponent, kicking, etc.) result in the expulsion of the player from the game.
A penalty shot is awarded in the National Hockey League for offences such as fouling a player with the puck who is advancing towards the goaltender with no defenders in his way. All players but the goaltender and the fouled player leave the ice, the puck is placed at centre ice, and the fouled player is allowed to advance with the puck and take one shot (rebounds count only in vertain circumstances, e.g. a puck bouncing off the cross bar and bouncing off the back of the goaltender). If his shot is successful he is awarded a goal.
When an infraction is committed, play stops if the offending team is in possession of the puck. If it is not in possession of the puck, play continues until the offending team is in possession of the puck or play stops for other reasons. If a goal is scored against the offending team, any minor penalty is waived. The goaltender of the non-offending team usually leaves the ice to be replaced by a forward when a penalty call is delayed.
A team playing with more players than a penalized team is said to be on the power playA power play is awarded to a hockey team when a player on the opposing team commits a foul. The offending player is then temporarily removed from the game, giving his team a penalty. A power play can last two minutes, four minutes, or five minutes dependi. Icing is not called against the shorthanded team on a power play. Special tactics are used when playing with an advantage in numbers.
An important defensive tactic is checking – attempting to take the puck from an opponent or to remove the opponent from play. Forechecking is checking in the other team's zone, backchecking is checking while the other team is advancing down the ice toward one's own goal. Stickchecking, sweepchecking, and pokechecking are legal uses of the stick to obtain possession of the puck. Bodychecking is using one's shoulder or hip to strike an opponent who has the puck or who has just passed it.
When a player directs the puck towards the opponents' goal he or she is said to shoot the puck; see Shot (hockey)A shot in ice hockey is an attempt by a player to score a goal by striking the puck with his stick in the direction of the net. There are three basic types of shots in ice hockey: The wrist shot is the simplest and most accurate shot. The player first dra. A one-time shot is a shot which redirects a pass towards the target by striking the puck immediately, rather than receiving the pass and shooting in two separate actions. A deke (short for decoy) is a feint with the body and/or stick to fool a defender or the goalie. Headmanning the puck is the tactic of always passing to the player farthest down the ice.
A team that is losing by one or two goals in the last few minutes of play may elect to pull the goalie, that is, put an extra skater on the ice in hopes of gaining enough advantage to score a goal, while leaving their own net empty.
Although it is officially prohibited in the rules, at the professional level fights are sometimes used to affect morale of the teams with aggressors hoping to demoralize the opposing players while exciting his own team. Toronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded 1917- 1918 Formerly known as Toronto Arenas ( 1917- 1919), Toronto St. Patricks ( 1919- 1926) Arena Air Canada Centre (capacity 19,800) Uniform colours blue, whit owner Conn SmytheConn Stafford Smythe (Born: February 1, 1895 in Toronto, Ontario- November 18, 1980 in Caledon, Ontario) was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League. One of the more competitive and colourful characters in NHL history, Conn Smythe built the New Y famously observed that "If you can't beat 'em in the alley you can't beat 'em on the ice."
The prevalence of fights and the apparent fan approval of this has led to a growing controversy about violence in the sport. Opponents like Wayne GretzkyWayne Douglas Gretzky (born January 26, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, he is known as "The Great One," and considered by many to be the best player of all time. Early Years Taught by his father, Wa complain that violence has ruined the reputation of the sport to one where brutality has more of a presence than skill or sportsmanship. Proponents, like commentator Don CherryDon Cherry (born February 5, 1934, nickname Grapes is a well-known ice hockey coach and commentator in both America and Canada. A native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Cherry had a lackluster playing career in the American Hockey League, playing one game f dismiss these complaints and claim fighting and violence have a legitimate place in the game; for example, the threat of fisticuffs may be used to deter covert attacks involving the stick that are arguably more dangerous and less likely to be noticed by officials. The controversy often flares up when players have been seriously injured as a result of violence during play. Some note that the violence question is certainly relevant, considering that the NHL is the only professional sports league in the world that has an annual official award for sportsmanship, the Lady Byng Memorial TrophyThe Lady Byng Memorial Trophy formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy is presented each year to the National Hockey League hockey player voted to have shown the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play. The winner tends which can be construed as tacit admission of the need to encourage less rough play that will reduce NHL violence and violence in sports.
The National Hockey League has drastically restricted fighting since the 1970s by penalizing players who enter fights as the third man and by increasing penalties generally. Fighting in the NHL is now highly ritualized, with two players allowed to fight until one gets the upper hand, at which point the fight is broken up by the officials. Brawls involving large numbers of players no longer occur.
North American hockey, on the other hand, is less permissive of spearing and kicking. Furthermore, as players increase in size, legal tactics such as bodychecking seem more likely than fighting to produce serious injuries.
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