Ice hockey / Rule 87
Time-outs
IIHF · 2026/27In short
Team time-outs and situations where they are unavailable.
Allowance
Each team has 1 time-out of 30 seconds per game, requested during an eligible stoppage before the referee completes the change procedure. Players on the ice, including the goalkeeper, may go to their bench.
Restrictions
No defensive-team time-out follows icing or certain goalkeeper and displaced-net stoppages. None is granted after a face-off violation or during a shootout. Official broadcast breaks follow separate rules and do not use a team’s allowance.
Independent explanations and translations, not official federation publications. Independent topic summaries of the supplied IIHF Rule Book 2026/27, version 1.0, June 2026. This is not the NHL rulebook or a complete reproduction. Women’s, junior and pilot provisions are identified separately; competition regulations govern applicable formats. References use PDF pages.
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