We play inline hockey with a puck and we skate on a concrete, wood or tiled surface called a rink. The rink is surrounded by a barrier called the boards. The game is played for two twenty minute halves and the teams get to rest for five minutes between halves.

The object of the game is to score more goals than your opponent. When a player shoots the puck into the net by having the puck entirely cross the goal line that team has now scored a goal. The player who propelled the puck across the goal line shall be credited with a goal. The player who passed the puck to the goal scorer shall be credited with an assist. Domestic play allows us to credit a goal and up to two assists.

The playing rules are divided up into sections that describe infringements of the playing rules that result in penalties. Penalties are called to restore scoring opportunities by the non offending team. The restoring of a scoring opportunity comes in either a penalty shot or a time penalty. Time penalties are divided up into minor penalties (two minutes) or major penalties (five minute). Player may also be removed from the game. When penalties are assessed to the offending team the player will be sent off the surface for a set length of time that corresponds to the infraction of the rules.

There are two people on the surface called referees. The job of the referee is make sure the players play in a fair, safe and fun manner. When the players do not the referee must assess penalties to the offending players.”