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General Info about Hockey
The Game:
A hockey game consists of three 20 minute periods with two intermissions. Goals each count one point and are scored by shooting the puck into a net that measures four feet high by six feet wide. In the event of a tie game, during the regular season, a 5 minute sudden death overtime period is played with the game ruled a draw if this extra session expires. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, however, the teams continue to play 20-munite periods with intermissions until a winning goal is scored.
The Goal:
The goal posts extend vertically 4 feet above the surface of the ice and six feet apart measured from the inside of the posts. This is where all points during the course of the game are scored.
Overtime:
If the score is tied after three periods of play, there will be an extra five minute overtime period to decide a winner. The first team to score wins the game, but if no team can score in the five minute period, the game ends in a tie.
The Puck:
Made of vulcanized rubber. It is 3 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick. It weighs about 6 ounces, and is frozen before games to make it slide and not bounce.
The Rink:
The official size of a NHL ice hockey rink is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide. In international play, such as the Olympics, the dimensions extend to 200 feet long by 100 feet wide.
Scoring:
A point is awarded for each goal scored and each assist. There can be up to two assists awarded on each goal.
Team:
Six players each, made up of a center, a right and left winger, a right and left defensemen and a goaltender. These 6 players are the only players allowed on the ice during the game, though each team can suit up to 18 players and 2 goaltenders to be used during each game.
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