What are the basic rules of ice hockey?


There are many different components that make up an ice hockey game. Ice hockey begins with a faceoff, which is when players of the opposing teams fight for possession of the puck at the start of the game. This starts the game.


There are 6 players allowed on the ice per team. The players are skating for majority of the game, trying to shoot a puck into their net to get a goal.


Ice hockey scoring is very simple: when the puck entirely crosses the line, it is a goal.

Game Length

A typical hockey game consists of three 20-minute periods. There are typically frequent stoppages of play. If one team has more goals than the other at the completion of the third period, then that team wins.


Offsides is a rule that hockey players can get penalized for. The hockey player must cross the blue line in the offensive zone after the puck does. If not, the referees with call offsides.


Icing is another rule of ice hockey. This is to prevent players from shooting the puck down the ice to waste time.


Penalties are the illegal acts that ice hockey players cannot do.

Some examples of penalties include holding, obstruction, and delay of game.


If the teams end with the same amount of goals, the game may go into overtime. This consists of each team playing with 3 players on the ice.

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