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 Rules and Regulations

Just like any other sport, hockey needs structure. Some of the basic guidelines include offside, icing, and freezing the puck. Whenever these instances occur the whistle is blown and the faceoff is taken in the corrresponding face off dot. During normal play, each team is allowed to have 6 players on the ice. This includes 3 forwards, 2 defenseman, and a goalie. The players are allowed to make substitutions at any time during play. The soul purpose of the game is to score more goals then the other team in the require time period. A goal occurs when a team gets the puck past the opposing teams goal line. The game consists of 3 periods and an overtime or shootout if needed. Each period length depends on the league you are playing in. Usally each period is 20 minutes long. There are also instances in which a team breaks a certain rule and they are penalized for it. Below is a list of infractions.

Offsides: A player crosses the opposing teams blue line before the puck and then touches the puck.

Icing: A player shoots the puck into the opposing teams zone before the redline without the puck touching anyone.

=Penalties=

There are certain rules that each player must obey. If any of the rules are broken the player may receive a 2 minute penalty, 5 minute penalty, 10 minute penalty, a game misconduct, or even a suspension.

Hooking, Slashing, Cross-Checking, Roughing, Elbowing, Head-Butting, Hitting from Behind, Holding, Unsportsmanlike, Delay of Game, Kneeing, Kicking, Fighting, Slew-Footing, Diving, Interference, Goaltender Interference, Instigator, and Tripping.

Here is an example of an elbow in which the player was suspended for the rest of the season.

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