In close proximity to each end of the rink
there is a red goal line
on both sides of the width of the ice. It is used to arbitrator goals and icing calls. New because the
2005–06 NHL season, after difficult
in the American Hockey League, a trapezoid is clear at the rear each goalie net. The goalie can
only occupy yourself the puck within that area or in front of the goal line. If
he plays the puck behind the goal line and not in the trapezoid, a 2-minute
minor fine for delay of game will be assessed by the referees. This rule is
widely referred to as the "Brooder rule", after New pullover
Devils goalie Martin Brooder, whose puck management following the
net is believed to be the cause for the rule. In 2014, the NHL extended the
goal-line side of the trapezoid by two feet on both sides of the net In the
National Hockey League, between stoppages of play, teams
have 18 seconds (five seconds for the visiting team, eight seconds for the home
team, five seconds to line up at the face off location) to substitute their players,
except during TV timeouts. TV timeouts are two minutes long, and occur three times per
period, during normal game stoppage after the 6, 10, and 14 minute marks of the
step, unless there is a power play, a goal that has just been scored, or the
stoppage was as a result of an icing. Each team may also take one 30 second
time-out, but it may only be taken all through a normal stoppage of play.
