1. There must be nine faceoff spots on the ice. These are only places at which an on-ice official can drop the puck to begin game action.

2. All faceoff spots must be red except for the one at centre ice which must be blue.

3. A circular spot 30 cm in diameter must be marked exactly in the centre of the ice surface. With this spot as a centre, a circle with a radius of 4.5 metres must be marked with a blue line 5 cm wide. This constitutes the centre faceoff circle.

4. A total of four faceoff spots 60 cm in diameter must be marked in the neutral zone. There must be two such spots 1.5 metres from each blue line. These faceoff spots should be the same distance from an imaginary straight line running from the centre of both goal lines as the end- zone faceoff spots.

5. A total of four faceoff spots 60 cm in diameter and red circles 5 cm wide with a radius of 4.5 metres from the centre of the faceoff spot to the outside of the line of the circle must be marked on the ice in both end zones and on both sides of each goal. On either side of the end zone faceoff spots must be marked a double "L".

6. The location of the end zone faceoff spots must be fixed along a line 6 metres from each goal line. Parallel to this, mark two points 7 metres on both sides of a straight line drawn from the centre of one goal line to the other. Each point will be the centre of the end faceoff spot.

7. The distances are such that the full thickness of the lines are included in all measurements (unless otherwise noted).