Length of Game-10thEd
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- Game to goals: A standard game is played until one team's number of goals scored first reaches or exceeds 15, the game total, with a margin of at least two goals.
- Current scoring attempt: The scoring attempt in progress. A scoring attempt begins when the previous goal is scored and ends when a subsequent goal is scored.
- Caps: Maximum score limits imposed before or during a game to limit the time required to declare a winner. The game ends when one team's score first reaches the cap.
- A soft cap is a maximum score limit imposed before the event
- A time cap is a maximum score limit imposed during a game once a predetermined time of play has elapsed and after the current scoring attempt is completed.
- A hard cap is the ending of the game once a predetermined time of game has elapsed and after the current scoring attempt is completed. If the score is tied, the teams play until one additional goal is scored.
- The team with the most goals at the end of the game is the winner.
- Halftime occurs when one team first reaches, or exceeds, half the game total. Halftime lasts ten minutes.
- Overtime occurs when the score is tied at one goal less than the game total wherein the winning score will exceed said game total. Play continues until a two-goal margin, or a cap, is achieved,. (Example: In a game to 15 goals, overtime occurs when the score reaches 14-14 and the minimum winning score is determined to be 16).
