Match penalty: Difference between revisions

In ice hockey, there are two kinds of sending-off [[penalty (ice hockey)|penalties]]: “[[penalty (ice hockey)#Game misconduct penalty|game misconduct penalty]]” and the more serious or more extreme “[[penalty (ice hockey)#Match penalty|match penalty]]” which is imposed for deliberately injuring another player as well as attempting to injure another player. Many other penalties automatically become match penalties if injuries actually occur: under NHL rules, ''butt-ending, goalies using blocking glove to the face of another player, head-butting, kicking, punching an unsuspecting player, spearing,'' and ''tape on hands during altercation''<ref>Reference Table 8 – Summary of Match Penalties, NHL, 2013, p. 132-133</ref> must be called as a match penalty if injuries occur. Under IIHF rules, match penalty used to be imposed for ''kneeing<ref>Rule 538 – Kneeing, IIHF, 2010, pp. 81</ref>'' and ''checking to the head or neck area<ref>Rule 540 – Checking to the Head or Neck Area, IIHF, 2010, pp. 83</ref>'' if injuries occurred; since the 2023/24 edition of IIHF rules, match penalty has been removed from the rules and a major penalty with a game misconduct penalty should be imposed for dangerous actions.<ref>[https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/officiating/rule_book/230524_iihf_rulebook_gesamt_v_6_0_rz_v1.pdf IIHF Official Rule Book 2023/24 – Version 1.0, May 2023]</ref>