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[jackhues]

Hi, its ADHD girl again. Explain the rules of hockey to me. Please. I watched the game (will forever call them games because I play soccer) and was so confused.

Bonus points if you can connect them to soccer

HELLOOOO- okay so i'm all filled up with food now which means i should be able to get through this! hockey has wayy too many rules (and i know too little about soccer), so as you think of more specific questions, feel free to stop by and i'll clarify some rules for you :3

teams: 6 players per side on the ice. 3 forwards (left wing, right wing, center), 2 defensemen, 1 goalie. (soccer = 11 players (i think?), hockey = condensed, but more chaotic)

periods: 3 periods, 20 minutes each. no halves. no quarters. approximately a 20 minute intermission between each period (it's like 18 minutes, but i just say 20).

the rink: much smaller than a soccer field. it's 61 x 25.9 meters (according to google).

objective: get the puck in the net. simple sure, but not really. because everyone's trying to body check you into a different dimension. (soccer: shoot ball into net) vs (hockey: shoot tiny disc into net with higher stakes... like knives on ice and violence)

now that the very basics are done, let's get a little more technical.

offside: in soccer: a player can’t be past the last defender before the ball (this is what google is telling me, i can't promise if it's true). in hockey: you can’t skate into the offensive zone (the blue line) before the puck does. if you do? WHISTLE. STOP. SHAME.

penalties: players go to the box (like time-out). 2-5 minutes in the box for being spicy (tripping, slashing, high-sticking, etc). there are different types of penalties, like a regular minor (2 minutes), a double minor (4 minutes, served 2 minutes first, then 2 minutes right after), a 5 minute, and 10 minute (which is always a game misconduct - so they get thrown out, like a red card).

if your team is playing with one less person, someone's in the penalty box (they are shorthanded) and = powerplay for the other team. soccer's got red/yellow cards, hockey has the sin bin.

if a team is on the powerplay (they have 5 skaters, the other team has 4 bcz other players are in the box), and the team on the powerplay scores, the player gets to come out of the box and rejoin the team. (powerplays can stack up sometimes too, like 5v3, etc).

icing: (this one confuses me sometimes but oh well). if a player shoots the puck from behind the center line (the middle red one) all the way past the other team’s goal line (the red one at the back) without anyone touching it, it’s icing. exception: if you are playing shorthanded, aka, the other team is on a powerplay.

overtime & shootouts: if it's tied at the end of 3 periods, we head to ot. ot is different in the regular season vs the playoffs. regular season: 3v3, 5 minutes, sudden death. still tied? shootout. 3 rounds, each team takes turns. if still tied, add one round each time until one team wins.

playoff ot? full 5 on 5 periods, with sudden death until someone scores. could end in 20 seconds, could go up to like a fifth ot.

so yeah, those are the main rules and stuff i can think of rn. i'm probably missing a million stuff. as you watch, it'll make more sense. i recommend stalking the leafslb tag during games to help understand stuff, and feel free to drop by my inbox too :) i'm just usually watching playoff games at the tailgate so i probably won't end up responding during games, unless i'm actively lbing.