Match penalty is a term used in some sports for a player having committed such a serious offense that they are sent off for the rest of the game. The term is used in bandy,
Bandy
In
bandy, it is indicated with a red
penalty card.
Ice hockey
In ice hockey, there are two kinds of sending-off penalties: "game misconduct penalty" and the more serious or more extreme "match penalty", which is imposed for deliberately injuring or 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"
[Reference Table 8 – Summary of Match Penalties, NHL, 2013, p. 132-133] must be called as a match penalty if injuries occur. Under IIHF rules, match penalty used to be imposed for
kneeing[Rule 538 – Kneeing, IIHF, 2010, pp. 81] and "checking to the head or neck area
[Rule 540 – Checking to the Head or Neck Area, IIHF, 2010, pp. 83]" 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.
[ IIHF Official Rule Book 2023/24 – Version 1.0, May 2023]
