Hockey 101 with HftL: More Minor Penalties

We're finishing up minor penalties and their signals this week with slashing and spearing.





SLASHING (MINOR)
When a player hits an opposing player with the stick or swings the stick at an opposing player. The ref's official signal for this is pictured to the left (one chop with the non-whistle hand across the straightened forearm of the other hand).




SPEARING (MINOR)
When a player "stabs" an opponent with the point of the stick blade while the stick is being carried in one or both hands. The ref's official signal for this is pictured to the right (a single jabbing motion with both hands together, thrust forward from in front of the chest, then dropping hands to the side).