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Hockey Rink Dimensions

There are two rinks in the world: the NHL's 200 × 85 ft sheet, which the AHL, ECHL, NCAA and USA Hockey all share, and the IIHF's 60 × 30 m Olympic sheet. Both are measured here line by line — goal lines, blue lines, circles, crease, goal, trapezoid — with a table of how the leagues differ on the ice and in the rulebook.

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Three sheets, two rinks.

The NHL rink in both orientations and the IIHF sheet. Every number is on the diagram or in the facts under it.

Measured NHL hockey rink diagram drawn wide, labeled 200 ft by 85 ft with goal lines 11 ft from the boards, blue lines 75 ft in, a 50-ft neutral zone and 44 ft between the end-zone face-off dots
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NHL Rink — Landscape

The 200 × 85 ft rink with everything measured: 28-ft corners, goal lines 11 ft in, blue lines 75 ft in and 50 ft apart, 15-ft face-off circles, the 6-ft crease, the goal and the trapezoid. The same sheet serves the AHL, ECHL, NCAA and USA Hockey.
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Measured NHL hockey rink diagram in upright orientation, 200 by 85 ft, with zone depths and blue-line distances labeled down the side
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NHL Rink — Portrait

Same measurements upright for a binder, a rink-office wall or a clipboard.
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Measured IIHF Olympic hockey rink diagram labeled 60 m by 30 m with goal lines 4 m from the boards, a 15 m neutral zone and 4.5 m face-off circles, and no goaltender trapezoid
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IIHF / Olympic Rink (60 × 30 m)

The international sheet: 60 × 30 m — 13 ft wider than the NHL — with goal lines 4 m in, a 15 m neutral zone, 4.5 m circles and no trapezoid. The IIHF also permits 26 m widths, which recent Olympics used.
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NHL vs. IIHF / Olympic rink

Same length, thirteen more feet of width, and one missing trapezoid.

MeasurementNHL (also AHL, ECHL, NCAA, USA Hockey)IIHF / Olympic
Rink size200 × 85 ft (61 × 25.9 m)60 × 30 m (196 ft 10 in × 98 ft 5 in); 26–30 m permitted
Corner radius28 ft7–8.5 m
Goal line from end boards11 ft4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Blue lines75 ft from the boards, 50 ft apart15 m apart (22.5 m from the boards on a 60 m rink)
Face-off circles15 ft radius; end dots 20 ft off the goal line, 44 ft apart4.5 m radius; end dots 6 m off the goal line, 14 m apart
Crease8 ft wide, 4 ft 6 in deep, 6-ft arc2.44 m wide, 1.83 m arc
Goal6 × 4 ft, 40 in deep1.83 × 1.22 m
Goaltender trapezoid22 ft at goal line, 28 ft at boardsNone

Rinks and rules, league by league

The ice is nearly identical from the NHL down to 14U; the rules played on it are not. Icing, overtime, fighting and body checking are the four that catch parents and new coaches out — the rules page explains each.

LeagueRinkIcingOvertimeFightingBody checking
NHL200 x 85 ft, trapezoidHybrid (since 2013–14)5 min 3-on-3, then 3-round shootout; playoffs 20-min 5-on-5 periods5-minute major, players stay in the gameFull body checking
AHL / ECHL200 x 85 ft, trapezoidHybrid5 min 3-on-3, then shootout5-minute majorFull body checking
IIHF / Olympics60 x 26–30 m, no trapezoidHybrid (since 2014; no-touch before)3-on-3: 5 min preliminary, 10 min knockout, 20 min final (no shootout in the final)Match penalty — ejectionMen: yes. Women: no body checking
NCAANHL size; a few 200 x 100 ft sheetsHybrid5 min 3-on-3 in the regular season (ties stand in NCAA records); tournament games play 20-min 5-on-5 periodsGame disqualificationMen: yes. Women: no body checking
USA Hockey (youth)NHL size; 8U cross-ice, 10U half-ice optionAutomatic (no-touch); short-handed teams are NOT exempt at 14U and underSet by the league or tournamentGame misconductNot until 14U (since 2011–12)

Reading the ice

Two blue lines split the rink into three zones, and almost every rule hangs on them: the puck has to cross the blue line before the attackers do, and a puck shot from your own side of centre that crosses the far goal line untouched is icing. The five face-off circles are where every stoppage restarts — one at centre, two in each end 20 feet out from the goal line — and the hash marks on the end-zone circles fix where the wingers stand.

The goal sits 11 feet out from the boards on purpose. That strip behind the net is live ice, and the trapezoid drawn on it is the only part a goaltender may play the puck in — an NHL invention from 2005 that the international game never adopted, which is the easiest way to tell the two rinks apart from the stands.

Running practice, not building a rink?
Blank hockey rink diagrams
Full rink, half-ice drill sheet, four rinks to a page, a labeled rink — and a builder that lines up both teams with your logo.
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Why did they blow the whistle?
Icing and the rules that change by league
Hybrid vs. no-touch icing, offside, overtime formats, fighting and checking — NHL, IIHF, NCAA and youth, side by side.
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What are the dimensions of an NHL hockey rink?
200 feet long by 85 feet wide — 61 by 25.9 metres — with 28-ft-radius corners. The goal lines are 11 ft from the end boards, the blue lines 75 ft in, leaving a 50-ft neutral zone; the face-off circles are 15 ft in radius with the end-zone dots 20 ft from the goal line and 44 ft apart. The AHL, ECHL, NCAA and USA Hockey all play on the same rink.
How is an Olympic rink different from an NHL rink?
Width, mostly. The classic IIHF sheet is 60 × 30 m — about the same length as the NHL's 200 ft but 98 ft wide instead of 85, which is why international hockey has more room on the flanks and less traffic at the net. The goal lines sit 4 m from the boards, the circles are 4.5 m, and there is no goaltender trapezoid. Since 2018 the IIHF has permitted 26–30 m widths, and recent Olympic tournaments were played on 26 m, NHL-width ice.
What rink do college and youth teams use?
The NHL rink. NCAA rules call for 200 × 85 ft, though a handful of schools still play on 200 × 100 ft Olympic sheets, and many college and youth rinks omit the trapezoid. USA Hockey's 8U program plays cross-ice — across the width of the rink between the blue line and end boards, with small nets — and 10U often uses half-ice, which is why the half-ice diagram exists on the diagrams page.
How big is a hockey goal and crease?
The goal is 6 ft wide by 4 ft tall and 40 in deep (1.83 × 1.22 m internationally). The crease in front of it is 8 ft wide at the goal line, runs 4 ft 6 in straight out, and closes with a 6-ft-radius arc centred on the middle of the goal line — an L-shaped semicircle, the same shape under NHL and IIHF rules.
What is the trapezoid behind the net?
The only area behind the goal line where the goaltender is allowed to play the puck: 22 ft wide at the goal line, widening to 28 ft at the end boards, 11 ft deep. The NHL added it in 2005 to keep goalies from killing the forecheck; the AHL uses it too. IIHF, NCAA and USA Hockey rinks generally do not mark it.
How far apart are the blue lines, and how big is each zone?
On an NHL rink the blue lines are 50 ft apart and 75 ft from each end board, so each attacking zone is 64 ft deep from the goal line to the blue line. Internationally the neutral zone is 15 m and the end zones 18.5 m from goal line to blue line on a 60 m sheet.
What size is a backyard ice rink?
Whatever fits — but the common kit sizes are 20 × 40 ft for shooting and passing, 30 × 60 ft for small games, and 40 × 80 ft or larger if you want real 3-on-3. Keep the NHL proportions (roughly 2.35 to 1) if you want it to feel like a rink, and give yourself 28-ft-radius corners only if you have the boards for them.
Are the rink dimensions the same in every NHL arena?
Yes — 200 × 85 ft is a rule, not a range, unlike baseball or soccer. Older buildings had smaller sheets (Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium were famously short) but every current NHL arena is regulation.

Measurements from NHL Rule 1 and the IIHF Official Rule Book, section 1. Updated through September 2026.