Rules Analysis
Length of Game
Game to goals: A game is played until one team first reaches or exceeds the game total, with a margin of at least two goals or until a cap is reached.
The game total is the pre-determined number of goals required to win the game. In a "game to 15," the game total is 15.
Halftime begins when one team's score first reaches or exceeds half of the game total, and lasts ten minutes.
Overtime begins when the score is tied at one goal less than the game total (e.g., in a game with a game total of 15 goals, overtime begins when the score reaches 14-14).
Overtime begins based on the predetermined game total and is unaffected by time caps. If a time cap applies and makes it a "game to 14," then when the score reaches 13-13, it will not be overtime.