1. If no goal is scored in the sudden-death overtime period, a penalty- shot shootout will be used to determine a winner.

2. Prior to the start of the penalty-shot shootout, the entire centre section of the rink between end-zone faceoff spots will be dry-scraped by the ice-resurfacing machine.

3. The referee will call the two captains to the on-ice officials’ crease to call a coin toss. The home team will make the call. The winner has the choice of having his team shoot first or second.

4. Goaltenders will defend the same goal net as in the overtime period.

5. Goaltenders from each team may be changed after each shot, but if a shot must be re-taken for any reason, the skater and goaltender must remain the same except in case of injury.

6. Goaltenders for both teams can remain in their crease during the entire penalty-shot shootout.

7. Different skaters from each team will take shots alternately (A,B,A,B, etc.). The skaters do not need to be named beforehand and can be changed any time up to the point when the referee blows his whistle to signal the start of a shot.

8. Eligible to participate in the penalty-shot shootout are all players from both teams listed on the official game sheet except: a) players serving penalties which had not expired prior to the completion of the overtime period; b) players who had been assessed game- misconduct or match penalties. These players must remain in the penalty box or in the dressing room during the penalty-shot shootout.

9. The team with the most goals is declared the winner of the game. If the game’s outcome is known before all shots have been taken, the remaining shots will be abandoned.

10. If the score of the penalty-shot shootout is still tied, it will continue under a sudden-death format.

11. The sudden-death penalty-shot shootout will allow one skater from each team to take a shot until a winner is determined. Any skater, including those who participated in the first stage of the penalty-shot shootout, is eligible to shoot in as many rounds of the sudden-death format as may occur.

12. The team that took the first shot during the penalty-shot shootout for the first rounds will shoot second for the subsequent shots of the sudden-death format until a winner is determined.

13. If, at the referee’s urging, a coach does not send a skater out to take a shot, or if a skater declines to take a shot, the shot will be declared "no goal" and the opposing team will take its next shot.

14. If a team declines to participate in the penalty-shot shootout, its opponent will be awarded the win.

15. The referee is allowed to consult with the video-goal judge only if there is doubt as to whether the puck crossed the plane of the goal line on a shot. All other uses of video-goal judge are not applicable during the penalty-shot shootout.