The Rink
A hockey rink is a 200-foot by 85-foot rectangle with rounded corners. It is surrounding by a 4-foot wooden or fiberglass dasher (“boards”). Clear tempered glass extends above the boards about 3 feet (higher at the ends).
The rink is divided into 3 zones. The defensive zone is 70 feet from the end of the rink to the defensive blue line. The neutral zone (center ice) is 60 feet from blue line to blue line. The offensive zone is 70 feet from the end of the rink to the blue line.
The zones are divided by the two blue lines. The broken line in the neutral zone is the red center line and it divides the rink in half. The two lines at either end of the rink, 10 feet from each back board and running the entire width of the ice, are the goal lines. The eight red spots (two in each end zone and four in the neutral zone) are face-off spots. They are used to determine where the puck is put into play. The blue face-off on the red center line is used to put the puck into play at the start of each period and after each goal.