Foundation
Read these first
How to read the pictures, what everything is called, what is legal, and the words you shout. The canonical references the rest of the corpus links back to.
The 7 documents in this section
Core PrinciplesHockey has a handful of ideas that hold whatever system, position or league you play in, and this page is those ideas.Reading Ice Hockey DiagramsA diagram is only useful if you can turn it into what you do on your next shift, and the reading order above is how. Start with the caption.Rink MapHockey's vocabulary is spatial: almost every instruction you will ever be given on the ice is a location plus a reason.Language and GlossaryHockey's working vocabulary is small, and almost all of it is relative. "High", "low", "strong side", "F1" and "the wall" do not name fixed places or fixed people.Rules PrimerFind out which rulebook governs periods, offside, icing and penalties in your league before your first game — the books disagree, and one difference can cost you the rest of the match.UK and England RulesIf you play in Britain, your rule book is the IIHF's. Every level of the game here runs on it — the National Ice Hockey League, the recreational and junior game across England, Wales,…On-Ice CommunicationThe player with the puck is the least informed player on the ice, and everyone else can see what they cannot.