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Most Popular Hockey Penalties in all 50 States

Ever wonder which hockey penalty is the most common in each state? Here they are. Each of these penalties is an immediate 2-game suspension for the entire team. Let’s take a look.

Alabama

Gigging a frog in the head with your stick.

Alaska

Two much time in the deep freeze with the game pucks.

Arizona

Applying 100+ degree heat to the opposing team’s goalie.

Arkansas

Riding razorback hogs in the opposing team’s end.

California

Tie-dyed uniforms.

Colorado

Getting a little too laid-back with adult cigarettes between periods.

Connecticut

Too many men on a line named Chad.

Delaware

Trying to get a tax shelter for your backyard rink.

Florida

Filling the rink with sea water.

Georgia

Making the rink ice from gin and peach juice.

Hawaii

Using longboards for team benches.

Idaho

Making pucks out of frozen spuds.

Illinois

Using a John Deere tractor dragging shop towels as the Zamboni.

Indiana

Making players skate around the rink counter-clockwise..

Iowa

Pretending they know what hockey is.

Kansas

Illegal use of witch hats instead of helmets.

Kentucky

Coach drinking whisky and sharing it with the players.

Louisiana

Too much BBQ sauce on the puck.

Maine

Throwing lobsters at a hockey player on a breakaway.

Maryland

Creating sand dunes between the blue lines.

Massachusetts

Getting into so many fight in Boston the entire city gets ejected.

Michigan

Scheduling every Michigan game against Ohio State.

Minnesota

Skipping school to play hockey.

Mississippi

Skipping school no matter what.

Missouri

Skipping school to go dirt-trackin’.

Montana

Using deer antlers for goalie sticks.

Nebraska

Renaming every college team in the state the Cornhuskers.

Nevada

Gambling hockey revenue on football games.

New Hampshire

We don’t do hockey. We ski.

New Jersey

We don’t do hockey. We eat cheesesteaks and bust unions.

New Mexico

State law all players must act one season as an extra on the Breaking Bad reboot.

New York

Locating the new New York Rangers rink on the 110th floor.

North Carolina

Hockey? Is that like basketball?

North Dakota

Wearing buffalo heads and horns during game play.

Ohio

Putting “Where the F is Cleveland?” on the back of every player.

Oklahoma

Asking hockey players to rope cattle between periods.

Oregon

Writing books about hockey history with no clue about the game.

Pennsylvania

Building a hockey rink that runs from Pittsburgh to Philly and back. And then charging a toll.

Rhode Island

Sure we like hockey. We love horse sports.

South Carolina

Look, if you don’t know if Charleston is in North or South Carolina, just say so.

South Dakota

Only one rink in the entire state.

Tennessee

Insisting all players must curse at each other in a Southern accent.

Texas

Restricting all game play to Democrat-controlled cities.

Utah

Insisting players wear magic underwear to help increase scoring chances.

Vermont

Restricting playing seasons to Presidential-election years.

Virginia

Introducing “polo on ice.”

Washington

Hey, I saw hockey once in Spokane.

West Virginia

Listen, boy, you best take that stick and skates and skedaddle over that holler back home to Ontario.

Wisconsin

Keeping an open beer in your hockey pants.

Wyoming

Using barbwire fencing instead of glass behind the goals.

Joe Ditzel

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