Game Rules of NHL - By: Steve Clis

NHL competitions proceed on the ground. In a general way; there are six players on the ground at the same time. Each team has a goalkeeper and five players who all wear skates. One of the sides will get a score if they shoot the hard rubber disc that is called "Puck" across the enemy's goal. Players use a curved blade of long bar to control the ice hockey.
It will take sixty minutes to finish a NHL competition. The competition is divided into three sections, each section will cost twenty minutes. Between each section, there is a pause of fifteen minutes. In the end of the formal sixty minutes, the team will be the winner who scored in the maximum number of balls. There will be overtime if two teams tied after the formal regular time. Overtime adds up to five minutes and uses the golden format. Any side can win if they rip into the first goal, excluding the goalie. If the game still points in the overtime, it will win out in the plum flower form of bamboo shoots between each ball; each team will point three players to shoot the ball in the form of single-handedly shot. If there is no result after three rounds of shooting, each team will continue to shoot to each other until the tie is briken. In the end of the game, two points will be given to the winner and the loser will be offered with one point.
The rules of overtime are different in the playoffs. The system of shooting to each other is cancelled and replaced by the five to five unlimited twenty minutes, it take the same golden goal system. Theoretically, the game could go on indefinitely, but only a few games had more than four hours overtime, which is no more than six overtime periods.
The season the BHL can be separated into two sections. One is according to a predetermined schedule for the regular season, and the knockout of seven playoff systems, four win the Final Round in playoffs, Stanley Cup was awarded by the champion team.
There are eighty-two games in the regular season, including 41 games at home and 41 games away from home. The annual international league of two divisions will take turns, similar to the U.S. Major League Baseball's international league game. Scores will be built up in each games, and two scores will be gained by the winner team. A team can get one point in overtime, even if they lose the game. The team, which loses in the regular time, will not have integral points. In the professional sports league, NHL is the only team to lose points in overtime.

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