Slashing in

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is a

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called when an offending player swings their

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at an opposing player, regardless of contact, or breaks an opposing player's stick with their own. Such a penalty may range from a minor penalty to a

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, depending on the seriousness of the injury to the opposing player. It is also a penalty in the sport of

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. This article deals chiefly with ice hockey. Non-aggressive stick contact to the pant or front of the shin pads should not be penalized as slashing. Any forceful or powerful chop with the stick on an opponent’s body, the opponent’s stick, or on or near the opponent’s hands that, in the judgment of the referee, is not an attempt to play the puck, shall be penalized as slashing.http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26353

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National Hockey League Rulebook Rule 61 - Slashing
Ice hockey penalties Ice hockey terminology Violence in ice hockey {{icehockey-stub fr:Cinglage (hockey sur glace)