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==Game==
[[File:NHL Hockey Rink.svg|thumb|316x316px|Diagram of a VHL hockey rink:
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Every Volkian Hockey League regulation game is 60 minutes long. The game is broken up into three 20-minute periods with an intermission between each period. At the end of regulation time the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, overtime ensues. During the regular season, overtime is a five-minute, three-on-three sudden death period in which whoever scores first wins the game.
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=== Hockey rink ===
Games are played on a rectangular with rounded corners surrounded by boards and plexiglass. It measures 200 feet (60.96 m) by 90 feet (27.43 m). The center line divides the rink in half and is used to judge icing violations. There are two blue lines that divide the rink roughly into thirds, creating one neutral zone and two attacking zones. Near the end of both ends of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the ice, which is used to judge goals and icing calls.
There is a trapezoidal area behind each goal net. The goaltender can play the puck only within the trapezoid or in front of the goal line; if the goaltender plays the puck behind the goal line and outside the trapezoidal area, a two-minute minor penalty for delay of game is assessed.
=== Rules ===
The Volkian Hockey League's rules are one of the standard sets of professional ice hockey rules in the world. The league's rules come from the first organized indoor hockey game in Volkgoroda in 1873, updated by subsequent leagues up to 1955 when the VHL adopted the existing VHA set of rules. The VHL's rules are the basis for rules governing most professional and major junior ice hockey leagues in Volkia. Infractions of the rules, for example offsides and icing, lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent face-offs, while more serious infractions leading to penalties to the offending teams. The league also determines the specifications for playing equipment used in its games.
The league regularly modifies its rules to counter perceived imperfections in the game. The penalty shot was adopted from the Southern Hockey League to ensure players would not be blocked from scoring opportunities.
Fighting in the VHL results in major penalties being assessed against the players. A penalized team usually cannot replace a player that has been penalized on the ice and is short-handed for the duration of the penalty. However if the penalties are coincidental, for example when two players fight, both teams remain at full strength. Minor penalties end after either two minutes or if the team on the power play scores a goal. In contrast major penalties must be served to their full completion, regardless of number of goals scored during the power play.
==Season structure==
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