How many time-outs does each team get?
Rule- Canada
- PWHL
- Professional women's hockey
- Official Rulebook
- 2025-26
- Fans
Each team may take one 30-second time-out per game, in the regular season or the playoffs. All players on the ice, goalkeepers included, may go to their benches.
- It must be taken during a normal stoppage of play, and only one time-out (team or commercial) is allowed at any one stoppage.
- No time-out is granted after a face-off violation.
- The defending team cannot take one after an icing.
- No time-out is granted during the shootout.
Source: PWHL Official Rulebook 2025-26, Rule 89.
Added 25 Oct 2026