Table 3. Penalties by type in the OHL and NHL.

	OHL	NHL	RRR (overall)	RRR 2009–10	RRR 2010–11	RRR 2011–12
Match	0.20	0.02	0.07*	0	0.08*	0.11*
Game Misconduct	1.09	0.63	0.53*	0.66	0.66	0.34*
Misconduct	3.91	1.94	0.46*	0.38*	0.48*	0.51*
Fighting	13.9	11.2	0.74*	0.85	0.75*	0.64*
Check to the Head	1.96	0.32	0.05*	0	0.01*	0.10*
Other Aggressive	37.4	33.9	0.84*	1.01	0.76*	0.77*
Restraining	31.9	42.7	1.23*	1.38*	1.15	1.15
Unsportsmanlike	2.50	1.70	0.62*	0.66*	0.48*	0.77
Nonaggressive/Other	7.20	7.83	BASE	BASE	BASE	BASE

The proportion of the total penalty calls is shown in the first two data columns. RRRs obtained from multinomial logistic regression are relative to non-aggressive penalties for the NHL versus the OHL. Penalties from all available gamesheets were analyzed from the 10 weeks randomly selected for each season.

^*indicates p<0.05.