Roller in-line hockey roster. The players are usually divided into three lines of two forwards, two pairs of defenceman, and two extra skaters. For most penalties, the offending player is sent to the "penalty box" and his team has to play with one less skater for a short amount of time. "Minor" penalties last for two minutes, "major" penalties last for five minutes, and a "double minor" penalty is two "consecutive" penalties of two minutes duration. A single "Minor" penalty may be extended by a further two minutes for drawing blood from the victimized player. The team that has taken the penalty is
Penalty (ice hockey) a goal during this time, the penalty will end and the offending player may return to the ice. In hockey's formative years, teams were shorthanded for the entire length of a minor penalty. The NHL changed this rule following the 1955–56 season where the Montreal Canadiens frequently scored multiple goals on one power play. Most famous was a game on November 5, 1955, when Jean Béliveau scored three goals in 44 seconds, all on the same power play, in a 4–2 victory over the Boston Bruins. Coincidental (or "matching") minor penalties occur when an equal number of players from each