A tripping or obstruction tripping penalty in

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and

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is called by the

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when a player trips an opposing player with their

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or ringette stick, or uses their

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against the other player's skate ("slew footing"), causing them to lose balance or fall and obstruct them from making their desired play. This article deals chiefly with ice hockey. A tripping call usually results in a two-minute

minor penalty A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by sending the offending player to a penalty box for a set number of minutes. During the penalty the player may not participate in play. Penalties ...

on the player that caused the infraction. However, if the player is called for slew-footing, they can be assessed a

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at the official's discretion. If the player was tripped on a breakaway (with no opponents to pass other than the

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), a tripping call may instead result in a

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for the tripped player.

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