The National Hockey League rules are the rules governing the play of the National Hockey League (NHL), a professional ice hockey organization. Infractions of ...NationalHockeyLeaguerulesFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "NationalHockeyLeaguerules" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2010)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)DiagramofaregulationNHLicehockeyrink.TheNationalHockeyLeaguerulesaretherulesgoverningtheplayoftheNationalHockeyLeague(NHL),aprofessionalicehockeyorganization.Infractionsoftherules,suchasoffsideandicing,leadtoastoppageofplayandsubsequenttotheoffendingteams.Theleaguealsodeterminesthespecificationsforplayingequipmentusedinitsgames.Therulesareoneofthetwostandardsetsoficehockeyrulesintheworld.TherulesthemselveshaveevolveddirectlyfromthefirstorganizedindooricehockeygameinMontrealin1875,updatedbysubsequentleaguesupto1917,whentheleagueadoptedtheexistingNationalHockeyAssociationsetofrules.Whiledesignedtogovernplayofgamesorganizedbytheleague,theNHL'srulesarethebasisforrulesgoverningmosticehockeyleaguesinNorthAmerica.TherulesdifferslightlyfromtherulesusedininternationalgamesorganizedbytheInternationalIceHockeyFederation(IIHF)suchastheOlympics(theNHLrules,however,areusedintheWorldCupofHockey).TheIIHFrulesarethemselvesalsobasedonCanadianrulesoficehockeydatingbacktotheearly20thCentury.[1]TheNHLandIIHFdifferinthetreatmentoffightingandinplayingrules,suchasicing,theareasofplayforgoaltenders,helmetrules,officiatingrules,timeoutsandplayreviews.Contents1Hockeyrink2Gametiming3Scoring4Offside5Icing6Face-offs7Eligibility8Helmets9Penalties10Teamroster11Potentialrulechanges12Tableofcomparison13References14ExternallinksHockeyrink[edit]Neareachendoftherinkthereisaredgoallinespanningthewidthoftheice.Itisusedtojudgegoalsandicingcalls.Newsincethe2005–06NHLseaso