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SHORT-HANDED TEAM [2 records]

Record 1 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • General Sports Regulations
CONT

Short-handed means the team is below numerical strength of its opponents on the playing floor due to penalty minutes being served. When the short-handed team is in possession of the ball in their attacking zone, and they cause the ball to go out of the attacking zone in any manner except from a shot on goal, it shall be immediately recovered by or possession awarded to the non-offending team.

Key term(s)
  • short handed team

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Règlements généraux des sports

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
  • General Sports Regulations
DEF

A team that has fewer players on the ice than the opposing team as a result of a penalty or penalties.

CONT

A shorthanded team is below the numerical strength of it's opponents on the ice. When a goal is scored against a shorthanded team, the penalty that caused the team scored against to be shorthanded is terminated and both teams are again at equal strength.

Key term(s)
  • short handed team

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
  • Règlements généraux des sports
DEF

[Équipe qui] possède moins de joueurs sur la glace que son adversaire suite à des pénalités.

Spanish

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