Penalties Carrying Over?

[OPRFlongpole]

During our indoor game Saturday, we were down 6-10 with :30 left. Obviously, the game was basically over. With such a large cushion, the goalie decides to try and take the ball full field and score. Needless to say, I wasn't going to let that happen. He runs through a couple of stick checks and is now inside our restraining line. He ends up about 2 ft from me, so I lay a big body check on him. The kid was 110 lbs. max, so he flew . He crashes into the boards and I head to the penalty box. Now usually boarding is a 1 minute penalty, but they decided, for some reason or another, that this was a three minute non-releasable. The clock ticks down to zero, and after we shake hands, I go over and apologize to the goalie, saying i didn't mean for him to go into the boards. Then the coach pulls me off to the side and tells me that, first of all, that was the stupidest thing I could have done, and stuff like that. Then he tells me that I have to serve the rest of my penalty NEXT GAME!! (Meaning my team starts man down.) I know that it's their league and they can do what they want, but can this happen in an actual competitive game/league?

[LaxRef]

Well, it depends. A penalty itself does not carry over to the next game. However, if your action is deemed to be flagrant misconduct, you are ejected from the current game, with the in-home serving a 3:00 NR penalty for you, and you'd likely be suspended for the next game or games depending on your league rules. But your team would start the next game even, with no one in the box.

Now, hopefully, you've learned that you don't have to hammer a little kid to put him on the ground. I'd have probably ejected you if it happened like the mental picture I'm getting from how you're describing it.

[3rdPersonPlural]

Then the coach pulls me off to the side and tells me that, first of all, that was the stupidest thing I could have done, and stuff like that. Then he tells me that I have to serve the rest of my penalty NEXT GAME!! (Meaning my team starts man down.) I know that it's their league and they can do what they want, but can this happen in an actual competitive game/league?

Sounds to me like your coach is trying to do the right thing. I don't know box rules, but I know I'd raise an eybrow and then take a deep bow if a coach told me before a game that his team would be man down for an interval to start the game because one of his kids did a stupid in the waning moments of the prior game.

LR, is that even possible?

[LaxRef]

LR, is that even possible?

It's not in the rules.

[BlueJaysLaxFan]

It could also either be that the coach is telling OPRF to sit out, or if he is really serving the rest of the penalty next game perhaps is a league rule?

[OPRFlongpole]

No, he didnt say to sit out, his exact words were "you still have 2:30 on your penalty. You'll serve it next week."

[LaxRef]

No, he didnt say to sit out, his exact words were "you still have 2:30 on your penalty. You'll serve it next week."

Maybe your coach doesn't know the rules? Although that would be the first example I've heard of where a coach didn't know the rules.:nut:

[massref]

No, he didnt say to sit out, his exact words were "you still have 2:30 on your penalty. You'll serve it next week."

Or maybe your coach has his head on straight and he is trying to teach you something. I've benched players for less.:concerned