Ice Hockey Rules Wikipedia

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Ice hockey rules wikipedia. Offside icing and the puck going out of play. The three major rules of play in ice hockey that limit the movement of the puck. This category contains rules of the game of ice hockey. Under many situations a player may not ice the puck shoot the puck all the way across both the centre line and the opponent s goal line.

The sport is governed by several organizations including the international ice hockey federation iihf the national hockey league nhl hockey canada usa hockey and others. The rules are one of the two standard sets of ice hockey rules in the world. A player is offside if he enters his opponent s zone before the puck itself. In the first organized ice hockey rules see amateur hockey association of canada ahac both centres faced the centre line of the ice rink like the wingers do today at that time another forward position existed the rover who faced forward like centres did today but a few feet away.

The national hockey league rules are the rules governing the play of the national hockey league nhl a professional ice hockey organization. Infractions of the rules such as offside and icing lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent to the offending teams. The league also determines the specifications for playing equipment used in its games. The rules define the size of the hockey rink where a game is played the playing and safety equipment the game definition including time of play and whether tie breaking methods are used and the actual playing rules themselves.

Ice hockey rules define the parameters of the sport of ice hockey.