Rule 5.7 – Game Timekeeper

Rule 5.7 – Game Timekeeper

  1. The Game Timekeeper will record the start and finish time of each game and all actual playing time during the game.

  2. The Game Timekeeper will signal the Referee for the commencement of the game, the start of the second and third period and for each overtime period. If the rink is not equipped with an automatic sound device, or if this equipment should fail to operate, the Game Timekeeper will, by means of a siren or whistle, signal the end of each period, each overtime period and the end of the game.

  3. The Game Timekeeper will announce or have announced when ONE MINUTE of actual playing time remains in each regulation or overtime period.

  4. In the event of any dispute regarding time, the matter will be referred to the Referee and their decision will be final.