Rulebook 10_51.qxp
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1. Playing time shall commence from the instant the puck is faced-off and shall stop
when the whistle is blown.
2. If any unusual delay occurs within five minutes of the end of the first and second
period, the Referee may order the next regular intermission to be taken immediately. When play resumes, the remaining time shall be played with the teams
defending the same goal as before the intermission, after which time the teams
change ends and resume playing the ensuing period without delay.
3. In open air rinks, teams shall change ends at the midway point of the third and
overtime periods.
4. During the intermissions the ice shall be resurfaced.
1. With respect to goalkeepers, goalkeepers may be changed after each alternate
shot has been taken, however, where a Shot has to be repeated, the same Goalkeeper must remain in the goal and the same player must repeat the shot until it
is completed.
2. When a player and goalkeeper has been selected by their respective coaches to
take a shot or defend the net against this shot, such player and/or goalkeeper cannot be changed if the Shot shall be repeated due to a violation or a foul committed by the goalkeeper unless such player and/or goalkeeper received an injury
and cannot participate in the Penalty Shot Procedure. In this case the Coach may
designate another player to take a Shot or the other goalkeeper to defend the net.
420 - TIMING
OF
GAME
NEW
a) The regular game shall consist of three 20 minute stop time periods and two 15-minute
intermissions.intermissions.
b) The full 60 minute game duration shall be referred to as 'Regulation Time'.
c) The teams shall change ends for each period of Regulation Time.
421 - OVERTIME PERIOD
NEW
In a game where a winner shall be declared, and the game is tied after Regulation Time,
the game shall be prolonged by a sudden death overtime period.
If no goal is scored in the overtime period, game winning shots shall be used to determine the winner.
422 - TIME-OUT
a) Each team shall be permitted one 30 second time-out during the course of Regulation NEW
Time or during Overtime.
b) During a normal stoppage of play, any player designated by the Coach may ask the Referee for the time-out. The Referee shall report the time out to the Scorekeeper.
c) The players and goalkeepers of both teams, except for penalized players, are allowed
to go to their respective benches
d) Each team may take their time-out at the same stoppage of play, but the team taking
the second time-out shall notify the Referee before the end of the first time-out.
430 - DETERMINING
No music can be played
in the arena during a
team Time-out
THE
OUTCOME
OF THE
GAME
NEW
a) The team scoring the greatest number of goals during Regulation Time of a regular
game shall be declared the winn