Hockey+Rules

**__Hockey Rules__** [[image:hockey-rink-thumb3845557.jpg]]
The basic rules of hockey are quite similar to many other sports. The idea is to put the puck into the opponent's net, which earns you a goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game is the winner. The game consists of three twenty minute periods. The games are officiated by one referee and two linesmen. Their job is to maintain the rules of the game and to impose penalties on players violating the rules of the game. When a player is assigned a penalty they must spend two minutes in the penalty box, resulting in their team playing short-handed for the two minutes.

As in other sports, hockey has an offside rule which prevents players from entering the offensive zone before the puck does. This results in a face off occuring outside the team's offensive zone which is not a desirable position to be in. Another rule is icing. Icing is when a defensive player shoots the puck all the way down the ice past the other teams red line. This infraction results in a face off in the team's defensive zone.

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