# Match penalty

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**Match penalty** is a term used in some sports for a player having committed such a serious offense that they are [sent off](/source/Ejection_(sports)) for the rest of the game. The term is used in [bandy](/source/Bandy),[1] [floorball](/source/Floorball), and [ice hockey](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)#Match_penalty).[2]

## Bandy

In [bandy](/source/Bandy), it is indicated with a red [penalty card](/source/Penalty_card).[3]

## Ice hockey

In ice hockey, there are two kinds of sending-off [penalties](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)): "[game misconduct penalty](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)#Game_misconduct_penalty)" and the more serious or more extreme "[match penalty](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)#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"[4] must be called as a match penalty if injuries occur. Under IIHF rules, match penalty used to be imposed for *kneeing[5]* and "checking to the head or neck area[6]" 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.[7]

## References

1. ["Rött kort: "Ny tillämpning införs""](https://web.archive.org/web/20140228053945/http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandy-Sverige/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Organisation/Distrikt/Vastergotland/DomareMatchsekreterare/Domare/RottkortNytillampninginfors/) (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. 12 October 2012. Archived from [the original](http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandy-Sverige/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Organisation/Distrikt/Vastergotland/DomareMatchsekreterare/Domare/RottkortNytillampninginfors/) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

1. ["Hockeyordlista"](http://www.mimersbrunn.se/Hockey_ordlista_1161.htm) (in Swedish). Mimersbrunn. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

1. ["Bandy - Rules of Play"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090622035711/http://www.internationalbandy.com/). internationalbandy.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.internationalbandy.com/) on June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2008.

1. Reference Table 8 – Summary of Match Penalties, NHL, 2013, p. 132-133

1. Rule 538 – Kneeing, IIHF, 2010, pp. 81

1. Rule 540 – Checking to the Head or Neck Area, IIHF, 2010, pp. 83

1. [IIHF Official Rule Book 2023/24 – Version 1.0, May 2023](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/officiating/rule_book/230524_iihf_rulebook_gesamt_v_6_0_rz_v1.pdf)

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