>> Just to clarify the rules regarding overtime, I quote from the 1997 NCAA
>> Ice Hockey Rulebook, rule 6, section 44a:
>>
>> "Where advancement in a bracket or the determination of a tournament
>> champion is necessary, any series in a format (e.g., total-goals series,
>> single game, minigame series) that results in a tie will be broken by
>> 20-minute, sudden-death overtime periods.  The ice shall be resurfaced upon
>> completion of regulation play.  The teams shall not change ends (except as
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  *****************************
>
>please define regulation play in the context of this rule.   Does
>regulation play include or exclude the 5 minute overtime period that
>is part of the "normal" game?  Is it not true that a SINGLE game can
>not be thought of as ending in a tie until AFTER the 5 minute overtime
>is played?
 
According to the other rules governing the time of the game and overtime,
it would appear that the 5-minute overtime is NOT a part of regulation
time, even though it is a part of a normal game.  The relevant rule
sections are as follows:
 
Rule 6-42 (Time of Game)
 
a.  The time allowed for a game shall be three 20-minute periods of actual
play with a rest intermission of 12 minutes between each period... (Goes on
to clarify some details concerning intermissions which are not relevant to
this discussion.)
 
Rule 6-43 (Tied Games)
 
a.  If the score is tied at the end of three regulation 20-minute periods,
the following shall take place:
 
  (1) There shall be a two-minute intermission.
  (2) The teams shall not change ends.
  (3) A five-minute period shall be played.
  (4) The team that scores first wins and the game is ended.  If no goal is
      scored in the five-minute period, the shall be declared a tie.
 
b.  Any overtime period shall be considered part of the game and all
unexpired penalties shall remain in force.
 
 
Based on the fact that rule 6-44 regarding tournament competition states
that "The ice shall be resurfaced upon completion of regulation play.", and
rule 6-43 indicates that regulation period includes only the three regular
20-minute periods, it would appear that the rules define two alternate
overtime formats:  one five-minute period for regular games, and 20-minute
periods to completion for tournaments when a winner must be determined.
 
Howie
 
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