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GOALKEEPER
Ice hockey Helmet

Face
mask
ICE HOCKEY IS PLAYED by two teams of six players on Throat
an ice rink, with a goal net at each end. The object of this protector Team
Butt end shirt
fast, and often dangerous, game is to hit a frozen rubber
puck into the opposing team’s net with a ice hockey stick. Catch
The game begins when the referee drops the puck between glove
Pants
the sticks of two players from opposing teams, who “face
off.” The rink is divided into three areas: defending, neutral,
and attacking zones. Players may move with the puck and
Blocking
pass the puck to one another along the ice, but may not pad
pass it more than two zones across the rink markings.
A goal is scored when the puck entirely crosses the goal-
line between the posts and under the crossbar of the goal. Goalkeeper’s
A team may field up to 20 players although only six pad
players are allowed on the ice at one time; substitutions
occur frequently. Each game consists of three periods of Blade
Skate
20 minutes, divided by breaks of 15 minutes.
ICE HOCKEY RINK Blade
Goal judge Goalkeeper’s
stick Heel
Goal-line Goal

Face-off Goal THE FACE OFF
spot crease
Attacking Linesman
Face-off zone
circle
Face-off
Linesman spot Referee
Facing
Neutral player
Referee zone Face-off
circle
Referee’s Players’
crease bench
Facing
Penalty Center-line player
bench Puck
Right Face-off
spot
Officials’ wing
bench
Linesman
Left
wing
Blue line
30 ft
Center (9.2 m)
Right
Center defense
face-off
circle Goal
Defending 4 ft frame
zone (1.2 m)
Left Netting
defense
Goalkeeper
Board 6 f t
Rink corner Goal (1.8 m)
crease
85–100 ft (26–30 m) ICE HOCKEY GOAL
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