PENALTY-SHOT SHOOTOUT PROCEDURE
If following the completion of regulation time in any IIHF Championship game and the score of the game is tied, the teams will then play an overtime period with a maximum duration and number of players as specified in the IIHF Sport Regulations with the team scoring first declared the winner. If no goal is scored in the overtime period then the IIHF Penalty-Shot Shootout Procedure will apply. The following procedure will be utilized:
1. Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice surface. The 14-meter wide longitudinal centre section of the rink, between the Face-Off Spots in the neutral and end zones, will be dryscraped by the ice-resurfacing machine prior to the Penalty-Shot Shootout during the time required to organize the program accordingly.
2. The procedure will begin with three (3) different shooters from each team in a Round Robin or in a Preliminary Round Game or five (5) shooters in a playoff, Bronze Medal or Gold Medal Game of a top category Championship, taking alternate shots. The players do not need to be named beforehand. Eligible to participate in the Penalty-Shot Shootout will be the four goalkeepers and all players from both teams listed on the official game sheet except as specified in article 3 below.
3. Any player whose penalty had not been completed when the overtime period ended is not eligible to be one of the players selected to take the shots and must remain in the penalty box or in the dressing room. Also players serving penalties imposed during the PenaltyShot Shootout must remain in the penalty box or in the dressing room until the end of the procedure.
4. The Referee will call the two captains to the Referee Crease and flip a coin to determine which team takes the first shot. The winner of the coin toss will have the choice whether his team will shoot first or second.
5. The goalkeepers shall defend the same goal as in the overtime period and may remain at their goal creases while the opposing team is taking a shot.
6. The goalkeepers from each team may be changed after each shot.
7. The shots will be taken in accordance with Rule 63 of the IIHF Official Rule Book.
8. The players of both teams will take the shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. The remaining shots will not be taken.
9. If the result is still tied after all shots by each team the procedure shall continue with a tiebreak shoot-out by one player of each team, with the same or new players with the other team starting to take the tie-break shots. The same player can also be used for each shot by a team in the tie-break shoot-out. The game shall be finished as soon as a duel of two players brings the decisive result.
10. The Official Scorekeeper will record all shots taken, indicating the players, goalkeepers and goals scored.
11. Only the decisive goal will count in the result of the game. It shall be credited to the player who scored and to the goalkeeper concerned.
12. If a team declines to participate in the Penalty-Shot Shootout, the game will be declared as a loss for that team and the other team will be awarded 3 points for a win. If a player declines to take a shot it will be declared "no score" for his team.