winding up or following through on a shot or pass will be penalizedicing the nhl uses hybrid icing which permits a few highspeed chases to continue to the end boards olympic hockey uses notouch icing play stops the moment the puck crosses the goal lineprotective equipment in the nhl if a players helmet comes off he can play without it until the next stoppage in the olympics he must immediately go to the bench failure to do so results in a minor penaltyovertime during the preliminary round tied games go to a fouronfour fiveminute suddendeath overtime as in the nhl in the medal round until the gold medal game overtime is played five on five for 10 minutes in the gold medal game the overtime is five on five for 20 minutes in each case if overtime does not break the tie the game goes to a shootoutshootouts like the nhl the shootout procedure designates three players to alternate shots if the game remains tied however individual players can shoot more than oncestandings the nhl gives 2 points to the winner in regulation overtime or shootouts and 1 point to the overtime or shootout loser making some games worth 2 points and some worth 3 at the olympics all games are worth 3 points the winner in regulation gets 3 and the loser 0 in a game decided in overtime or a shootout the winner gets 2 points and the loser 1all 12 teams advance to the knockout phase but their seedings are determined by the points they accumulate the top four teams advance directly to the quarterfinals the teams ranked 5th to 12th will enter a playoff round for the four remaining quarterfinal spots