Skating rink of hockey

A skating rink of hockey is a Patinoire whose dimensions meet the needs for the Hockey. The skating rinks of interior hockey are sheltered in arenas , buildings closed having steps for the spectators.

Hockey is exploited surfaces of rectangular ice, an about sixty Mètre S length with corners rounded and delimited by a white plastic or wood band, of 117 with 122cm top. With the foot of this balustrade is a plastic plate (normally yellow) of 15 with 25cm top, thus allowing a better vision of the metal disc.

Dimensions

There exist two sizes standards of skating rink of hockey: North-American size and international size (or Olympic).

International skating rinks

The specifications of the International federation of hockey are generally followed in major the part of the leagues of hockey: 61 m × 30 m (200 ft × 98,5 ft) with corners having a ray of 8,5 m (28 ft). The distance between an end and the adjacent line of goal are of 4 m (13 ft). The distance between a line of goal and the adjacent blue line are of 17 ⅔ m (58 ft). The blue lines are separated from 17 ⅔ m (58 ft). This broader size supports a more technical play.

Exception in North America

The North-American skating rinks are generally built according to the specifications (in imperial units) of the National league of hockey: 200 ft × 85 ft (either approximately 61 m × 26 m) with corners having a ray of 28 ft (8,5 m). The distance between an end and the adjacent line of goal are of 11 ft (3,4 m). The distance between a line of goal and the adjacent blue line are of 64 ft (19,3 m). The blue lines are separated from 50 ft (15,0 m).

Marking

The surface of the ice is delimited in various sections by lines painted under the surface of this one (30 cm for broadest and 5cm for the small ones).

Lines

the central red line divides the skating rink into two. It is mainly used to judge the prohibited releases.
both blue lines divide surface into three parts, called zones . These two lines are used for the judgment of the off-side X.

Near each end of the skating rink, one finds a line of goal , which is obviously used to determine the goals, but also the prohibited releases.

Lines in North America

Since the season 2005-06, an additional zone in the shape of trapezoid appeared behind the goal of the guard. The lines delimiting this zone start to 6 ft (15,2 cm) of each post on the line of goal to finish with 11 ft (27,9 cm) of the posts on the edge of the skating rink. The guard cannot intervene behind his goal apart from this zone. If it intervenes apart from this zone, the guard will see himself decreeing 2 minutes a minor penalty.

Points and circles of engagement

There are 9 points of engagement 60 cm in diameter, on a skating rink where proceed the majority of the handing-over-in-play. There are two points in each zone of end, four in the central zone and one in the center of the skating rink.

circles of engagement surround the points of the center of the ice and the zones of end. On the circles of engagement located at the corners of the skating rink, marks indicate the positions which the players during an engagement must take.

The point of central engagement 30 cm in diameter is traditionnellment blue. The central circle of 4.50m of radius and 5cm thickness is blue or red. All the other points and circles of engagement are red.

Cages and net of goal

At each end of the ice, one finds a goal, located on the line of goal, of 1,83m of width and 1,22m height. The cage consists of tubes metal, 5cm of width and painted in red.

The hockey is one of the rare sports (with Lacrosse) during which the play can proceed behind the goals. The reinforcement of the cages extends to 1,22m behind the line and is round towards outside with a ray of 50,8cm. The round part prevents the master keys of the back forwards simply skirting the tubes. On the back of the goals is hung a net, intended to retain the discs sent in the cages, and laid out in double half-circle, in order to prevent the metal discs from rebounding towards outside.

The reinforcement of goal is fixed at the ice with flexible ankles, which are designed to allow désoclement cages if a player strikes the cages. In much of multidisciplinary skating rinks, one rather uses metal pins which exceed only one centimetre of the ice, because the flexible ankles require large holes which cannot be repaired by a Resurfaceuse.

Wedge or territory of goal

Opposite each cage of goal, is a enclave or territory of goal , surface painted blue clearly, surrounded by red. The definition of the enclave differs if one speaks about a skating rink in North America or not.

International payment

The territory of goal is a volume consisted a half-circle of 180cm of ray on the ground (delimited by a red feature of 5cm) and of 127cm (height of the cage) top. This zone is used for:

to prevent the actions of goal too much close to the cage, and of this fact of protecting the guard.
to announce a shooting of penalty in the event of play to the hand or attempt at immobilization of the metal disc by a player of field within the latter.

North-American payment

The enclave is a special zone intended to limit the gestures of obstruction towards the goalkeeper. In much of championships, the attackers do not have the right to penetrate in the enclave (that it is with the stick, the shoes or the body) before the metal disc. When this rule is application, the territory of goal extends vertically since the lines on the ground until in top of the mainstay the goals. The enclave includes/understands only the part located between the two posts of the cage.

Territory of the referee

The territory of the referee is a zone in the form of half-circle of 300cm of diameter and 5cm thickness, located opposite the bench official in which no player must penetrate during a stop of play. The central red line comes to cut this circle in its medium. It does not have a function during the effective play.

Zones

The blue lines divide surface into three zones. In the center the neutral zone is or central zone . The other zones are the zones of end. The zone of end in which a team tries to mark is called zone of attack and that where is the goals to keep is the defensive zone or zone of defense .

The blue lines are regarded as belonging to the same zone as that where the metal disc is. That means that if the disc is in neutral zone, the blue lines belong to the neutral zone. The disc must entirely pass a blue line to be in zone of end.

Benches

From five to seven benches are located outside the ice:

two bench of players where the players and trainers of each team assoient themselves during a match,
two benches of penalty (or prisons ), where the penalized players purge their punishment,
a bench of official the where the majority of the official are.

Often, there is also a bench of judge of goal behind each goal, where places the judges of goal.

Plexiglass (Picture windows)

In much by skating rinks, the balustrade is surmounted by a pane of Plexiglas or Verre soaked to prevent the metal discs leaving the surface of play and from wounding spectators. The picture windows are sometimes surmounted by a net in order to increase this protection. The discs touching the pane and falling down in the surface of play remain concerned whereas those concerning the net are regarded as exits and a stop of the play is then announced by official.

Complete diagram of the skating rink

References

Payment of the IIHF
Payment of the LNH
Payment of the USA Hockey

See too

External bonds

hockeyarenas.net: guide European skating rinks of hockey
hockeyarenas.com: world guide of the skating rinks of hockey

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