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  1. Center line

    The thick red line across the middle. It splits the rink into two halves: a puck shot from a team's own half can be icing; from the other half it never is. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-5-1 (icing)) Lesson →

  2. Blue lines

    The two blue lines mark where each end zone starts. They decide offside: attackers may not be completely over the line before the whole puck is. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-6-1 (offside)) Lesson →

  3. Goal lines

    The thin red lines near each end. The net sits on them, and icing is called when the puck crosses the far one untouched. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-5-1 (icing)) Lesson →

  4. The three zones

    Defending zone, neutral zone, attacking zone. Which is which depends on the team: one team's attacking zone is the other's defending zone, and they switch ends every period. (NFHS Rule 1) Lesson →

  5. Center circle

    Where each period starts and where play restarts after a goal. A penalty shot starts from the center spot too. (NFHS Rule 1; 4-7-4 to 4-7-7 (penalty shot)) Lesson →

  6. End-zone circles and dots

    Four big circles, two at each end. Faceoffs here follow icing, penalties that leave a team short, and many saves the goalie holds. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-1-6, 9-5 (faceoffs after penalties and icing)) Lesson →

  7. Neutral-zone dots

    Four dots just outside the blue lines, used for faceoffs after stoppages in the middle of the ice, such as a regular offside. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-6 (offside)) Lesson →

  8. Goal crease

    The light blue area in front of each net is the goalie's space. During a penalty shot the goalie must stay in it until the shooter touches the puck. (NFHS Rule 1; 4-7-4 to 4-7-7 (penalty shot)) Lesson →

  9. The nets

    Six feet wide. Since 2025-26, a puck resting on top of the net stops play at once. (NFHS Rule 1; 9-8-4 (new 2025-26, per the NFHS release)) Lesson →

  10. Each team's half

    Home's own half in the first period is the left half. Icing only exists for a puck shot from a team's own half. (NFHS 9-5-1 (icing)) Lesson →

  11. Players' benches

    Each team changes players here, on the fly or at stoppages. At a stoppage the visitors change first, then home. (NFHS 2-5-4, 2-5-5 (changes)) Lesson →

  12. Penalty benches

    The box. Players serve penalty time here; the clock above it counts down their minutes. (NFHS Rule 1; Rule 4 (penalties)) Lesson →

  13. The boards

    The wall around the ice. Hits from behind into the boards are among the most serious fouls in high-school hockey. (NFHS 7-19-1, 7-19-2 (checking from behind)) Lesson →

  14. Referee's crease

    The half-circle at the boards in front of the scorer's table. Officials use it to report penalties and goals to the scorer. (NFHS Rule 1) Lesson →

Drawn to the proportions in NFHS Rule 1 (200 by 85 feet). The rule book calls its diagrams a guide; real rinks vary.