Ice Hockey Rules

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Overtime, Penalty, National Hockey League rules, Penalty shot, Goal, Ice hockey rink, Penalty box, Short handed, Icing, Offside, Face-off, Breakaway, Rover, Halifax Rules, Delay of game, Goal line, Goaltender interference, Roughing. Excerpt: Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period (commonly referred to as overtime) and the shootout. Overtime periods are extra periods beyond the third regulation period during a game, where normal hockey rules apply. Although in the past, full-length overtime periods were played, overtimes today are sudden death, meaning that the game ends immediately when a player scores a goal. For the 1983-84 season, the NHL introduced a regular season overtime period of five minutes, compared to the twenty minutes of regulation periods. If the five minute overtime period ended with no scoring, the game was a tie (The World Hockey Association had used a 10-minute regular season overtime period, as had the NHL prior to World War II). In 1987-88 and since 1995, the American Hockey League has awarded teams one point in the standings for an overtime loss (OTL). In 1998, the AHL introduced a rule where teams will play the five minute overtime period with four skaters and a goaltender, rather than at full strength (five skaters), except in two-man advantage situations. In a two-man advantage situation, the team with the advantage will play with five skaters. The rule was popular and adopted by the NHL and ECHL the next season. Mats Sundin, Sergei Fedorov, Jaromir Jagr and Patrik Elia share the record for most regular season overtime goals with 15 each. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, the teams are at full strength (five skaters, barring penalties), there isn't a shootout, ...