how many periods are played in an ice hockey game according to the winter olympic rules?
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Beverly - they play 3 periods, unless there's a tie.  If the game is tied after 3 periods, they play one 10 minute overtime period.  If it's still tied after the overtime, there will be a shoot out (5 players from each team will be selected).  \n\nIf still tied, each team will select a player that has not participated in the shootout and they will have an opportunity.  A single player from each team will participate in the shootout until a player from one team scores and the corresponding player from the other team does not.
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You'll never have a 5 on goalie. You can only have two players from each team (for a total of four players) in the box at any given time. If more penalties are called they are delayed until someone from that team is back on the ice.
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A power play in ice hockey and the NHL are the same thing. \n\nWhen one team has a player that takes a minor (2 minute), double minor (4 minutes), or major (5 minutes) penalty that team is forced to play "short-handed" for the duration of the penalty. The team that has the advantage in terms of number of players is said to be on the power play. \n\nThere are some rule changes and variations to how long a power play lasts that depend on the type of penalty taken. Generally though, a power play lasts for the duration of the penalty or until the team on the power play scores a goal, whichever comes first. In the case of 5 minute major, the team on the power play can score as many goals as they want during the 5 minute span that the opposition player is in the box. When a player has taken a doulbe minor, if the power play goal is scored during the first 2 minutes of the power play, whatever remains of the first penalty is taken off the board and the power play clock gets reset to 2 minutes for the second penalty. \n\nA power play can occur whenever one team has more skaters on the ice than the other. So you can have powerplays of the following combinations: \n\n5 on 4 (most common)\n5 on 3\n4 on 3\n\nIn NHL overtime games where both sides have only 4 skaters aside a 5 on 4 powerplay turns into a 4 on 3, and should the team on the penalty kill take another penalty instead of going 4 on 2, the team on the power play is allowed to skate a 5th skater during the duration of the penalty giving them a 5 on 3 advantage.
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Question is too broad.\n\nMuscles work no differently in ice hockey than any other time they are in use.  Muscles contract and relax based on chemical reactions within your body and your brain communicating what needs to happen when.  Practice allows your brain and muscles to learn what actions they need to take when to perform any task.
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it has always been like that, and depending on who you ask, one is always better than the other. After seeing the 2006 olympics, i have a preference for the nhl rinks because now the games are always by the same rules(before, international and nhl were slightly different) and the smaller ice allows for more hitting and a faster game!
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There are four years between each Winter Olympics. And then 4 years between each Summer Olympics.  But only 2 years between the Winter and Summer.   So the next Olympics would be 2008, but that will be the Summer Olympics (the summer olympics will then be held in 2012, 2016, 2020, and so on). The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2010, then 2014 and so on.  \n\nThere was a time when the Summer and Winter were always held in the same year.  They switched it not to long ago ( I believe in the 90s sometime)
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I play.  Two teams, one women's C team and one coed C, both USA Hockey recreational, around 15 teams per division.
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The standard international dimensions of an ice hockey rink are 60 metres long and 30 m wide. The ice is surrounded by a wooden or plastic wall, known as "the boards," which are approximately 1.22 m high.\n\nA red centreline divides the rink in half; two blue lines divide the rink into three zones: defensive, neutral and attacking. In addition to the centre circle, there are four face-off circles - two in front of each goal. Regulation goals are made of a metal framework with a net and measure 1.83 m wide by 1.22 m high and 1.12 m deep. Goals are centred on the goal line and set four metres away from the backboards so players can skate behind them.
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4 on 4 for most penalties is correct. recent change is also correct, however thisisan oldrule RE-INSTATEDas well. those old gretzky oilers were so good 4 on 4 they stopped allowing it for a few decades
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The NHL has four on ice officials, two referees and two linesmen, as well as a host of off ice officials (two goal judges, video replay judge, time keeper, etc). The referees are responsible for supervising all other officials. They may consult with the other officials, but they're decision is final. Linesmen handle face offs (they drop the puck), call offsides and penalties. They tell the referees what they saw and the ref makes the decision on the linesmen's call.
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Unllike most other sports, hockey players can only play for about 2 minutes straight before getting EXTREMELY tired. Changing players often has to be done "on the fly" if there has not been a stoppage in play for a while and can be tricky -- it can lead to a defensive error or a penalty for too many men on the ice. A goal however, is a stoppage in play and an opportunity to get fresh legs out there!
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It also depends on where in the world you are wheither it is refered to ice hockey or field hockey.  In Canada and the US as well as the Nordic countries like Sweden, Finland etc... the ice form of the sport is the more popular form practiced so it is known as hockey.  In Britain and in most of the rest of the Commonwealth countries field hockey is more popular so that sport is referred to as hockey by most people.  It's all what people are used to - it's the same way with football/soccer.
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Teams are allowed to carry 23 players on their active roster, but only 20 can be eligible to play in each game. So there are usually six defensmen, twelve forwards, and two goalies avaliable for each team in any given game. Only six players from each team can be on the ice at one time, including the goalies, if both teams are at full strength. Penalties can reduce each team to a minimum of four players, including goalies.
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1. Icing is called immediatly when the puck crosses the back goal line instead of the player having to touch the puck.\n2. The team icing the puck can change lines, whereas NHL cannot change lines.\n3. No overtime in preliminary rounds of olympics, so there can be ties.\n4. Overtime in quarterfinals and on, are sudden death, 1 - 10 minute period. 4 on 4 players. If no winner at the end, they have a shootout as the NHL now does, cept they go 5 rounds of shooters instead of 3 as the NHL does.
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Still sudden death OT - 20 minute periods until someone wins - not much better than playoff hockey
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In the NBA, each team is entitled to six (6) charged timeouts during regulation play. Each team is limited to no more than three (3) timeouts in the fourth period and no more than two (2) timeouts in the last two minutes of regulation play. (This is in addition to one 20-second timeout per half.)  The time outs do not carry over to the next half.  In overtime, the time outs also do not carry over.  In overtime periods each team shall be allowed three (3) 60-second timeouts regardless of the number of timeouts called or remaining during regulation play or previous overtimes. Teams are permitted no more than two timeouts in the last two minutes of the period.
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ice hockey is much faster play with better hits and fighting, football is slow and boring