In the regular season, the play continues with 5-minute sudden-death overtime followed by shootouts. In the NHL playoffs, the play continues with minute sudden death periods until one team scores no shootouts.
The sudden death rule means that the game ends immediately after one team scores. The intermissions between periods are 18 minutes long with no intermission before overtime and shootouts in the regular season and 15 minutes intermissions before every overtime period in the playoffs.
The only difference is that the intermissions are only 15 minutes long. The rules for most other professional leagues are the same as international rules.
Three minute periods and minute intermissions. Most minor leagues have the same rules as NHL — three minute periods. The games are a little shorted just because of usually shorter intermissions and no commercial breaks. Most minor leagues have the exact same rules as NHL — three minute periods with minute intermissions. Followed by overtime and shootouts. Most high school and youth hockey games are played for three minute periods with 2-minute intermissions.
The clocks run the whole time till the end of the period except for some special occasions such as serious injury or technical problems with the rink. This means, that recreational games usually last between 1 hour 15 minutes and 1 hour 30 minutes in total time. The average total time of a National Hockey League game is around 2 hours and 30 minutes.
This includes:. The game can last much longer if it goes to the overtime, especially in the play-offs. The longest game ever played in NHL lasted minutes of playing time six overtime periods , which was around 6 hours of total time. The first important factor is playing time. The vast majority of games last 60 minutes of playing time, however, it might be less on some occasions.
NHL and AHL games have 18 minutes long intermissions, other leagues usually have just 15 minutes intermissions. Commercial breaks are another factor, which prolongs the game. They are in all NHL games and in most other broadcasted games. NHL has three 2-minute commercial breaks each period, which makes it a total of 18 minutes of commercials during the game. During the regular season, the game can go to overtime and shootouts, which might prolong the game by up to 30 minutes.
It might be even much more during the playoffs as there are no shootouts. Between each period is a seventeen-minute intermission. This intermission gives the players a chance to catch their breath and strategize for the next period.
The game clock in hockey is also stopped when the whistle is blown. This means each time the play is blown dead the game clock is paused.
These stoppages make each period last significantly longer. During these breaks in the game, there will be television commercials.
These commercials breaks are not very long but by the end of the game they add up. This is one of the major reasons that professional hockey games take longer than amateur hockey games. And finally, some games may go to overtime or shootout which makes the games even longer. Swedish Hockey League. Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Recreational hockey leagues will typically reserve time blocks of up to 1 hour and 30 minutes per game. Every league decides on how much time to allocate for each period.
Should the league choose to play with running time, the periods will last around 20 minutes each. To prevent teams from running the clock through delay tactics, the league will often impose a stop-time within the last minutes of each period. If given the chance, the opposing teams will run the clock between whistles to protect a lead or kill off a penalty — hence the imposed stop time at the conclusion of each periods especially the 3 rd period.
Take note that recreational games start with a minute player warm-up while the last ten minutes are reserved for cleanup with the Zamboni. The idea is to allow the game clock to run to on the scoreboard rather than stop the game with leftover time. While professional leagues no longer end in tie games, this rule does not apply for recreational leagues. This is because amateur leagues cannot exceed the time blocks reserved for each of their games.
If the score between both teams is tied, both teams enter a five-minute overtime. If there is no winner after the five-minute overtime, a shootout then decides a winner. While regulation is sixty minutes across three periods, hockey fans can expect around 2. However, NHL playoff games may take more time due to the commercials and additional overtime periods. So how does a sixty-minute clock turn into 2. Here are some of the reasons why the amount of time is closer to 2.
There are a few reasons why the official time clock stops during a hockey game. First, there are minute intermissions between the first and second periods and the second and third where the Zamboni cleans the ice. You automatically get a new minute break during the playoffs if the game is tied after three periods, and the Stanley Cup is 20 minutes of intermission. Second, commercials play a factor in extending the time of hockey.
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