1. The skaters of both teams must skate to their respective benches and leave the ice surface entirely, remaining there during the taking of the penalty-shot. Only the two opposing goaltenders defending the shots, the skater taking the shot, and the on-ice officials are allowed to be on the ice.

2. The referee places the puck on the centre-ice faceoff spot.

3. The skater taking the shot must be on his side of centre ice prior to the start of the penalty shot.

4. The goaltender must stay in his goal crease until the skater has touched the puck at centre ice. If the goaltender comes out of his goal crease before that instance, the referee will raise his arm and allow the shot to be taken. If the skater scores, the goal will stand. If he does not score, he will be allowed to re-take the penalty shot, and the goaltender will be issued a warning. If the goaltender leaves his goal crease a subsequent time against this skater on this shot, he will be assessed a misconduct penalty and a skater designated by the coach through the captain must go to the penalty bo10. If he does not score, the skater will be allowed to re-take the shot. For a third violation, a goal will be awarded to the skater taking the penalty shot.

5. If a goaltender commits a foul against a skater during a penalty shot and no goal is scored, the goaltender will be assessed the appropriate penalty and a skater designated by the coach through the captain must go to the penalty bo10. The shooter will be allowed to re-take the shot. If a goaltender commits a foul for a second time against this skater on this shot, and no goal is scored, the referee will assess the appropriate penalty as well as a misconduct penalty to the goaltender. The same skater will serve this penalty and another skater designated by the coach through the captain will serve the misconduct. The shooter will re-take the shot. For a third violation against this skater on this shot, if no goal is scored, a goal will be awarded.

6. If a goaltender commits a foul against the skater taking a penalty shot that is a major penalty the referee will assess a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty to the goaltender and the shot will be re-taken if the skater did not score. The goaltender is ruled off the ice for the remainder of the game, and he must go to the dressing room before the shot is repeated. The coach or team official, through the captain, will designate a skater to serve the five-minute penalty. Before the shot is repeated, the designated skater must go to the penalty box and remain there until the end of the penalty. The substitute goaltender will then face the skater for the re-taking of the penalty shot.

7. The penalty shot officially begins when the referee blows his whistle for the skater to start the shot. The skater must, within a reasonable time of hearing the referee’s whistle, play the puck and proceed towards his opponent’s goal line in continuous motion and attempt to score.

8. If the skater misses the puck and does not touch the puck on his way past it as it sits on the centre-ice faceoff spot, he can return and continue with the penalty shot. As soon as the skater touches the puck in any manner, the penalty shot can be said to have started.

9. Once the puck has left the skater’s stick and the shooting motion or attempt has been completed, the penalty shot is considered over. No goal can be scored by a second shot of any kind.

10. The skater is allowed to use the full width of the ice so long as he demonstrates continuous forward or lateral movement of both his body and the puck towards the goal net.

11. The penalty shot is considered complete once:

Game situation 1: If a skater’s shot hits the protective glass behind the goal net, bounces back, hits the goaltender on the back, and goes into the net, the goal will not count.

Game situation 2: If a skater’s shot rebounds off the goaltender, hits the skater taking the shot, and goes into the goal net, the goal will not count.

Game situation 3: A skater attempts a shot at the goal net but makes no contact with the puck, but the puck continues to move in the direction of the goal net. If the skater then takes another shot and scores, the goal will count.