Three circles are located in the middle of the floor with radiuses of 10cm .75m, and 1.5m. The rules are generally the same for floor hockey as in National Hockey League ice hockey. The main object is to shoot the puck into the opponents goal while preventing the opposite. Six players are allowed on the rink for each team. Substitutions can occur at any time in a line shift manner.
Games consist of three periods, each lasting nine minutes.
Checking is not a part of the floor hockey game but contact may occur. The equipment needed to play in floor hockey is much less expensive than ice hockey equipment and is fairly easy to find. Athletes use wood or fiberglass poles without blades for their sticks. The puck is donut shaped and made of felt. Goal nets, standard ice hockey helmets, along with knee and elbow pads are also needed.