DCHP-3

delayed penalty

Hockey
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a penalty call for which the referee delays stopping play until the offending team gets possession of the puck, the imposition being signalled by the referee's raised arm.

Quotations

1963
. . . the "delayed penalty" comes into force when an infraction has been committed by the team not . . . in possession.
1963
It is the habit . . . of [goalies] rushing off the ice so a forward can take their place, when the referee raises his arm, signalling a delayed penalty on the opposition.