Sin Bin

[Alice Faber]

On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 03:11  PM, George Thompson wrote:

> I also recall this to have been used by broadcasters of hockey games to
> refer to the penalty box.  I haven't listened to hockey regularly for
> 15 or 20 years, but cannot otherwise give a date to this.
>

Certain broadcasters regularly refer to the penalty box as the "sin bin",
even today. I don't have a clear sense of whether it's a Canadianism or
whether it's used by US announcers as well.
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Alice Faber
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