Courts & fields
IIHF Ice Hockey Rink
An IIHF ice hockey rink from above: the two blue lines dividing the ice into three zones, the centre line, the goal lines four metres from the end boards, the goal creases and the face-off circles.
SVG · accessible · responsive
Questions
- Is an NHL rink the same size?
- No. These are IIHF dimensions, used at the World Championship and the Olympic Winter Games. The NHL writes its own rule book and uses a narrower rink, so figures quoted from North American sources are not necessarily IIHF figures.