1. When game action is stopped for an injured player, the ensuing faceoff will take place at a faceoff spot determined by the location of the puck and by which team is in possession of the puck at the time of the whistle.

2. If the injured player’s team has possession of the puck in the attacking zone, regardless of where the injured player is situated, the ensuing faceoff will take place at one of the faceoff spots outside the attacking zone blue line.

3. If the injured player’s team has possession of the puck in the neutral zone, regardless of where the injured player is situated, the ensuing faceoff will take place at the faceoff spot between the blue lines nearest to where the puck was being played at the time of the whistle.

4. If the injured player’s team has possession of the puck in the defending zone, regardless of where the injured player is situated, the ensuing faceoff will take place at one of the faceoff spots in the defending zone.

5. If an on-ice official is injured, game action will be stopped immediately, unless there is a scoring opportunity, and the ensuing faceoff will take place at the nearest faceoff spot to where the puck was being played at the time of the whistle.