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 PrinciplesThese ideas hold for every position and level, and where your team's system or your league changes the answer, they say so and tell you to find out.Reading Ice Hockey DiagramsA diagram is only useful if you can turn it into what you do on your next shift. It is the most absolute-looking thing on a page, but it shows one moment of one system, and the…Rink MapHockey's vocabulary is spatial: almost every instruction you get on the ice is a location plus a reason. Learn the locations and the instructions start to make sense.Language and GlossaryHockey's working vocabulary is small, and almost all of it is relative. "High", "low", "strong side", "F1" and "the wall" name a position relative to the net that matters now, the…Rules PrimerAssume any ejection costs you more than tonight, and find out who reviews it before you need to.UK and England RulesIf you play in Britain, your rule book is the IIHF's. Every level runs on it: the National Ice Hockey League, the recreational and junior game across England, Wales, Scotland and…On-Ice CommunicationThe player with the puck is the least informed player on the ice. An opponent closing from behind is the one thing they cannot see, and everyone else can.