Major penalty
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Major penalty in Ice Hockey. A serious infraction that results in the offender being ruled off the ice surface to the penalty box for a period of five minutes. This penalty often results in a game misconduct penalty also being assessed in most situations, especially those infractions resulting in injury to the opponent.
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