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) larger fine, and the offending player is suspended indefinitely until the Commissioner rules on the issue. In NCAA hockey, a similar penalty called a game disqualification results in automatic suspension for the number of games equal to the number of game disqualification penalties the player has been assessed in that season. For statistical purposes, match penalty is counted as ten minutes in NHL and as twenty-five minutes under the IIHF rules. A penalty shot is a special case of penalty for cases in which a scoring opportunity was lost as a result of an infraction (like being tripped or hooked