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Hockey 101:
Number of players:
Each team has 5 skaters and a goalie. Typically, you have 3 forwards and 2 defensemen. The forwards are the Center, the Left Winger, and the Right Winger. The Center takes the face offs and the wingers for the most part play on their side of the ice. There are no rules that force you to have that mix of players or dictate where they can play. You can have six skaters if you give up your goalie. Only the goalie is allowed to catch the puck in his hand. There is a blue painted area around the goal called the crease. No opposing player is allowed in the crease before the puck and no opposing player is allowed to make contact with the goalie when they are in the crease, or in the trapezoid area behind the net. The goalie is not allowed to cross the blue line except when skating to the bench to be replaced by an extra skater.
Zones:
Offensive Zone - The ice from the Blue Line to the boards behind the opposing team's goal.
Defensive Zone - The ice from the Blue Line to the boards behind your own goal.
Neutral Zone - The ice between the Blue Lines.
Off-Sides Rule:
The puck must cross the Blue Line before an opposing player can enter your defensive zone. If the opposing player crosses before the puck, then that player is off sides and the linesman blows the whistle to stop play and there is a face-off in the Neutral zone at the face off dot closest to where the off-side occurred. If the puck is in the defensive zone and comes back into the neutral zone, then all opposing players must leave the defensive zone. In the NHL, they have the "tag up" rule that allows play to continue if the puck goes into the neutral zone and then is played right back into the defensive zone before all of the opposing players can exit. In that case, the opposing players need only skate to the blue line, go out and circle right back in provided no opposing player touches the puck before all have tagged up.
Icing Rule:
If you shoot the puck from your side of the red line into the offensive zone and the puck crosses the opponents goal line without going into the goal or being touched first by a member of your team or the opposing team's goalie, then Icing is called. Play is stopped and the puck is taken back into your defensive zone for a face-off in one of the face off circles. Icing is allowed if your team is killing a penalty.
Penalties:
There are 2:00 "Minor" penalties, 4:00 "Double Minor" penalties, 5:00 "Major" penalties, a Penalty Shot, a 10:00 Misconduct penalty, and a Game Misconduct penalty. In a Game Misconduct Penalty, the player is ejected, but the team can keep all 5 skaters on the ice. In a 10:00 misconduct, the player must sit in the penalty box for 10:00 to cool off, but the team is allowed to keep all 5 skaters on the ice. If a player on a break away is stopped from taking a shot by a deliberate penalty, then that player can be awarded a penalty shot. In a minor penalty, the penalized player must remain in the penalty box for the duration of the penalty or until a goal is scored by the opposing team, whichever is first. The team with the penalized player loses 1 skater per penalized player until they are down to 3 skaters. A major penalty is the same as a minor penalty except that the penalized player must remain in the box for the duration of the penalty regardless of how many goals are scored by the opposing team.
The team with the greater number of skaters during a penalty is said to be on a "Power Play" and the team with fewer skaters is said to be "Killing the penalty".
Minor Penalties: Tripping, Hooking, Interference, Goaltender Interference, Roughing, charging, Cross Checking, High Sticking, Elbowing, Delay of game, unsportsmanlike conduct.
Major Penalties: Fighting, Boarding, High Stcking that draws blood.
Posted on 17 February 2012 @ 5:25 (London time) - permalink
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