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Rules and regulations
Each hockey team consists of 6 players (a goaltender, 2 defensemen, and 3 forwards), each of whom is on ice skates. Players are equipped with an array of safety gear to reduce
their risk of serious injury. Each team may carry at most 22 players on its game roster
(2 goaltenders, 8 defensemen, and 12 forwards) whose substitutions are permitted at any time during the course of the game. At any time there must not be more than 6 players on each team or less than 4. Ice hockey game is divided into three equal segments called periods, 20 minutes in duration each. Players have a 15-minute intermission between two periods. After each period, both teams switch sides. Overtime (if it's not a Playoffs game) is usually 10 minutes long with the clock running only when the puck is in play (in the NHL - 5 minutes). A goal scored in overtime ends the game.
Each period begins with a face-off at the blue dot at center ice, where one player from each team lines up. The referee drops the puck and two rivaling players attempt to gain possession of it.
See also
- Ice Hockey
- Game stop
- Equipment
- Red line
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