Hockey: What Are the Top 5 Rules to Know?
Chesley Orn
2025-05-03 00:12:58
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The 5 rules of hockey are:
This rule states that an attacking player cannot enter the opposing team’s offensive zone before the puck. If they do, it results in an offsides call, and play is stopped.
When a player shoots the puck from behind the center red line (or defensive zone) all the way down to the opponent’s goal line, it is considered icing. The play is then stopped, and a faceoff occurs in the defensive zone of the team that committed the icing.
Hockey is a contact sport, but there are specific rules regarding checking. Illegal hits, such as those targeting the head or from behind, are not allowed.
Players can receive penalties for various infractions such as tripping, high-sticking, or slashing. Penalties result in the player serving time in the penalty box, leaving their team short-handed.
In regular-season games, if the game is tied at the end of regulation time, there is a sudden-death overtime period played with fewer players on the ice.
Yvette Labadie
2025-05-02 22:17:30
Count answers: 4
Offsides occur when the Blue Line on either side of the rink are the boundaries for each team to ensure that they remain onsides. In order for members of the opposing team to be able to cross the Blue Line, one of their players must cross over the Blue Line with the puck in their possession. If a player crosses over this line without the puck, it results in a penalty and the referee will reset the puck at the nearest designated Face-Off Dots.
Icing is one of the more confusing rules within the game of hockey; it occurs when a player shoots the puck from their team’s side of the Red Line across the center Center Red Line and the opposing team’s Blue Line and across the Goal Line. This is permitted if a team is short-handed due to players sitting in the penalty box.
Hockey rules state that a delay of game penalty can be called for a number of reasons. Some of the most common reasons for a delay of game penalty include shooting the puck over the glass or a player moving the goal or net out of place.
The penalty box is where players who have been called for a penalty must sit for a certain amount of time before returning to the game. The amount of time that a player spends in the penalty box is determined by the severity of the penalty with some penalties.
A Power Play results when one team has at least one player missing due to being in the penalty box. If the team with the Power Play scores a goal, a player serving time in the penalty box for a minor penalty may resume play immediately.
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