How do timeouts work and who times them?

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Each team is entitled to one thirty-second timeout per game, plus one additional thirty-second timeout for every full-length overtime period. A timeout request is made by a player on the ice or a team staff member to an on-ice official during a stoppage in play. The on-ice officials decide whether to grant it. No more than one timeout per team is permitted during the same stoppage. If both teams take a timeout in the same stoppage, they run one after the other for one minute in total, and the second team must ask before the first timeout expires. The timekeeper times the thirty seconds of a timeout where that is possible without interrupting the game or penalty time. The scorekeeper records each timeout on the Official Game Report. Source: Ringette Canada Official Rules and Case Book 2025-2027, rules 6.5.a to 6.5.d and Annex A sections 4.a(3) and 5.d.