Regel 84: Overtime Operations

If at the end of the three (3) regular twenty (20) minute periods in the regular season and the two (2) playing Teams are tied, the Teams will then play a “sudden death” Overtime period of not more than five (5) minutes with the Team scoring first declared the winner.
The Overtime period shall be played with each Team at a numerical strength of three (3) Skaters and one (1) Goalkeeper.

The Overtime period will commence following a 90-second intermission. Once the intermission has been completed, the clock will be reset to 5:00 minutes and the Overtime period will begin immediately. Teams will not change ends. The players will remain at their respective Players’ Benches during the 90-seconds intermission. Goalkeepers can go to their respective Players’ Benches during this rest period, however, penalized Players must remain in the Penalty Box.

Should a penalized Player exit the Penalty Box, they shall be returned immediately by the Game Officials with no additional penalty being assessed, unless they commit an infraction of any other rule. Teams are not permitted to return to the Dressing Room during this time.

Overtime Operations for Play-off Games, refer to League Regulations.

A Team shall be allowed to pull its Goalkeeper in favor of an additional Skater in the Overtime period.

When regulation time ends, and the Teams are 5 on 3, teams will start the Overtime period with 5 on 3. Once player strength reaches 5 on 4 or 5 on 5, at the next stoppage of play, player strength is adjusted to 4 on 3 or 3 on 3, as appropriate.

When regulation time ends, and Teams are 4 on 4 Teams will start Overtime 3 on 3. Once Player strength reaches 4 on 4, at the next stoppage Player strength is adjusted to 3 on 3 as appropriate.
If at the end of regulation time Teams are 3 on 3, Overtime starts 3 on 3. Once Player strength reaches 4 on 4, 5 on 4 or 5 on 5, at the next stoppage player strength is adjusted to 3 on 3 or 4 on 3 as appropriate.

If both Teams are penalized with Minor Penalties at the same stoppage of play prior to the start of the overtime (with no other penalties in effect), Teams will start overtime playing 3 on 3 and both penalties being taken of the penalty clock.

At no time will a Team have less than three (3) Players on the ice. This may require a fourth (4th) and/or fifth (5th) Skater to be added in the event penalties are assessed. If a Team is penalized in Overtime, Teams play 4 on 3.

If both Teams are penalized with Minor Penalties at the same stoppage of play (with no other penalties in effect), Teams will continue to play 3 on 3. In Overtime, if a team is penalized such that a two-man (2) advantage is called for, then the offending Team will remain at three (3) Skaters while the non-offending Team will be permitted five (5) Skaters.
At the first stoppage of play after the two-man (2) advantage is no longer in effect, the “numerical strength” of the Teams will revert back to 4 on 3 or 3 on 3, as appropriate.

Overtime Operations – for Play-off Games, refer to League Regulations.
For more information refer to League Regulations

If no goal is scored in the Overtime period, then the Penalty-Shot Shootout Procedure will apply. The following procedure will be utilized:
(I) Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice surface.

(II) The procedure will begin with three (3) different shooters from each Team taking alternate shots. The Players do not need to be named beforehand. Eligible to participate in the “Penalty Shot” Shootout will be the four (4) Goalkeepers and all Players from both Teams listed on the Official Game Sheet except as specified in article 3 below.

(III) Any Player whose penalty had not been completed when the Overtime period ended is not eligible to be one of the Players selected to take the shots and must remain in the Penalty Box or in the Dressing Room. Also, Players serving penalties assessed during the “Penalty Shot” Shootout must remain in the Penalty Box or in the Dressing Room until the end of the procedure.

(IV) The Home Team will shoot first.

(V) The Goalkeepers shall defend the same goal as in the Overtime period and remain in the goal when their own team is taking a shot.

(VI) The Goalkeepers from each Team may be changed after each shot.

(VII) The shots will be taken in accordance with → Rule 24 – Penalty Shot

(VIII) The Players of both Teams will take the shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. The remaining shots will not be taken.

(IX) If the score is still tied after all shots are taken by each Team, the procedure shall continue with a “tiebreak shoot-out”, using the same or new Players. The Team that shot second in the first three penalty-shots will start first in the “tie-break shots”. The game shall be finished as soon as a duel of two Players brings the decisive result. The same Player can be used for each shot by a Team in the “tie-break shoot-out”.

(X) The Official Scorekeeper will record all shots taken, indicating the Players, Goalkeepers and goals scored.

(XI) Only the decisive goal will count in the result of the game. It shall be credited to the Team that scored the goal and charged against the Team that was scored upon.

(XII) If a Team declines to participate in the “Penalty Shot” Shootout, the game will be declared as a loss for that Team. If a Player declines to take a shot it will be declared "no score" for their Team.