A red card is used in several sports and most commonly indicates a serious offence and can often mean that a player has been expelled from the game. In bandy, it indicates this, which is called a match penalty.

Match penalty is a term used in some sports for a player having committed such a serious offense that he or she is being sent off for the rest of the game. The term is used in bandy,[1] floorball, and ice hockey.[2]

Bandy

In bandy, it is indicated with a red penalty card.[3]

Ice hockey

In ice hockey, there are two kinds of sending-off penalties: “game misconduct penalty” and the more serious “match penalty” which is imposed for deliberately injuring another player as well as 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"" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Hockeyordlista" (in Swedish). Mimersbrunn. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Bandy - Rules of Play". internationalbandy.com. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
  4. ^ Reference Table 8 – Summary of Match Penalties, NHL, 2013, p. 132-133
  5. ^ Rule 538 – Kneeing, IIHF, 2010, pp. 81
  6. ^ Rule 540 – Checking to the Head or Neck Area, IIHF, 2010, pp. 83
  7. ^ IIHF Official Rule Book 2023/24 – Version 1.0, May 2023
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