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The following timeout protocol/format applies to ALL games (i.e., exhibition, regular season and postseason) featuring or involving ECAC Hockey teams, and conducted at
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Each period will have three (3) one-minute (1:00) breaks. The breaks will occur at the first permissible whistle under the 14-, 10- and 6-minute marks on the clock.
Breaks will NOT be taken:
• During an odd-man situation (i.e., power play). NOTE: It is permissible to go to break
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prior to the start of a power play/man advantage.
• After a whistle when either team cannot change players. (i.e., icing, hand pass, dislodged
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net, etc.).
• Immediately after a goal.
• During the final two minutes of any period.
• Any additional scenarios in which NCAA ice hockey rules do not permit a change of
players.
NOTES:
The required ice maintenance break (30 seconds) - per league policy - shall occur in conjunction with the first break under the 10-minute mark.
Players may go to the bench during breaks. Players in penalty box may not leave the penalty box. A break shall NOT be conducted with two (2) minutes or less remaining in a period
REGARDLESS of whether a break and/or ice maintenance has been conducted. If, during an odd-man situation, a penalty is assessed causing the odd-man situation to become
even strength, a break can occur (e.g., if a penalty is called against a team on a power play to create a 4-on-4 situation, etc.). There shall NOT be any breaks during an overtime period.
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