I've always wondered...how do they decide who sits in the penalty box when a goalie gets a penalty?

Question

short straw? player who was nearest him?
Also, for too many men on the ice...how do they decide who sits in the sin bin for that?

You guys all gave great answers and I thank each and everyone of you.
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Answer 1

The coach of the penalized team is allowed to choose any of the players that were on the ice at the time of the infraction.

Generally, the coach will pick a forward before a defenseman, and preferably anyone that does not kill penalties.

Answer 2

A goalie can get a penalty like any other player, but the goalie tends to have less bodily contact with players from the opposing team and therefore rarely gets a penalty. When he or she does get a penalty, the coach is allowed to select another player, who was on the ice at the time of the infraction, to sit in the penalty box for him or her, unless the goalie has been penalized for fighting. Goalies skate around the ice rink much less during play than other players and are substituted far less frequently in a game; typically, unless he or she performs poorly, a goalie plays out the entire game.

"Too many men on the ice" is a bench minor penalty in ice hockey. Basically, in an NHL game, or games in most hockey leagues, there must not be no more than six players from each team on the ice at any given time (unless in overtime). The decision of who sits in the penalty box is the coach's and the selection is from one of the player's on the ice at the time of the infraction.

Answer 3

Has to be one of the players on the ice at the time of the goalie's penalty. The coach of the team decides who sits usually.

Answer 4

When a goalie gets a penalty, it has to be one of the goalie's other teammates that were on the ice at the time of the infraction. I don't quite know who that would be, I would assume the coach picks or perhaps someone volunteers. For too many men on the ice, I think it is the extra skater that gets sent to the sin bin since they were the extra skater on the ice at the time.

Answer 5

The coach has his choice of the other players who were on the ice when the penalty occurred. He will pick someone who has little to no impact on his penalty killing units and maybe someone he expects to have back on the ice when the penalty is over anyway.

Answer 6

Same situation for both. It becomes a penalty to be served by one of the players on the ice at the time of the infraction, chosen by the team. So coach's or captain's choice really.

Answer 7

The team picks the player, but in either case it has to be someone who was on the ice at the time. That is why sometimes they try to hurry up and switch a player out to put someone who they want on the ice. Although I don't think they get away with it much anymore, proably still manage to once in awhile though.

Answer 8

The coach chooses which of his players on the ice he wants to serve the penalty.

Answer 9

The coach picks who sits for the goalie. Normally, it's the player who doesn't really have that big of a role on the team, or the player who's had a bad game.

Answer 10

The team usually has a key guy or girl to shoot the penalties. It is rare that they choose who takes the penalty right on the field. It's usually decided during practice, just in case there is a penalty.