DCHP-1 Online
kill (off) a penalty 
in hockey or lacrosse, attempt to prevent the opposition from scoring by controlling the play while one's own team is short-handed.
- 1963 . . . replacements were few and speed lagged at the end or when players "ragged" the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties.
- 1966 He kills penalties, plays the point on the power play and when all our other defensemen got hurt, he hung in there, holding our blueline together.
- 1963 . . . replacements were few and speed lagged at the end or when players "ragged" the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties.