4. The goal is scored when the puck passes between the goal-posts.
5. The game shall consist of two halves of 20 minutes each. The teams change goals at half-time.
6. The match is won by the team who scores the greater number of goals. If, when time is called, the number of goals is the same on both sides, the match is said to be a tie. Five minutes each way must then be played until the tie is decided, or the teams may arrange another match.
7. A referee shall be appointed whose duty it shall be to decide all disputed points, and his decision shall be final.
He shall appoint, if possible, four goal umpires, two at each end.
The referee shall have power to stop the game for any cause and for such time as he shall think fit.
In the case of unfair or rough play he shall caution the offender, and if the offence is repeated, he may order the offender off the ice for a certain interval, or for the rest of the match.
If no referee is appointed, the captains shall arbitrate all disputes.
8. The game shall be started by placing the puck between two opposing players on the half-way line in the centre of the ice; the sticks of the two players must meet three times before either may touch the puck. After a goal the puck shall be placed in the centre of the ring and restarted as above.
9. When the puck goes off the ice, it shall be restarted as in Rule 8, and from a point 3 yards from the side where it left the ice. In case the puck leaves the ice behind the goal line, it shall be restarted at a point 5 yards from the goal line and 3 yards from the side.