Players

 

Each team is allowed a maximum of 22 players. 20 outplayers (forwards and defence) and 2 goalkeepers.

There are six players on the ice at anyone time. Five of the six players will keep changing throughout the game.

1 Goalkeeper who stays on the ice at all times unless instructed to come off the ice.

2 Defenders: Left Defence and Right Defence who change with other defenders during the game.

3 Forwards: Left Wing, Centre and Right Wing.

 

Time-Out

 

Before a time-out commences the team wanted to make the time-out must make the Referee aware of thir intentions and wait for the Referee to signal it.

Each team is allowed one 30 second time-out during the course of regulation time or overtime. Both players and goalkeepers are allowed to return to the players bench during a time out.

 

Face-off

 

Face-off procedure:

The referee or linesmen shall drop the puck between the sticks of the two players facing off. Players are posistioned squarley facing their oppoenents end of the rink approximately one stick length apart, with the blade of the stick on the ice.

 

A face-off shall be conducted at the beggining of each period and after any stoppage of play.

 

All face-offs shall be conducted exclusively:

1. At the 9 designated face-off spots or

2. On the two imagionary lines parellel to the side boards extending from the neutral zone face-off spots.

 

Face-offs conducted at the centre ice spot:

1. The start of each period

2. When a goal is scored

3. After an error by an offical on icing

 

Face-offs conducted at the end zones of the defending team:

1. Any infringement of the rules

2. Illegally scored goal

3. After an attacking team doesn't score a penalty shot

 

Face-offs conducted at the end zones of the attacking team:

1. When the puck is iced by the attacking team

2. After an intentional off-side by the attacking team

 

Face-offs conducted in the neutral zone spots:

1. After an off-side

2. After any infringement of a rule made by the attacking team in thier attacking zone