In case of violations against an attacking hockey player who had a real opportunity to score the puck into the opponent's goal, but was stopped from behind by an opponent player, the referee stops the meeting and assigns a free throw.

According to the rules, the bullet must be committed by the hockey player against whom the violation of the rules was recorded. In cases where this player is injured or it is not possible to accurately determine the number of the player in respect of whom the violation was committed, any field player who is on the ice rink at the time of the violation of the rules can perform a bullet. In this case, the captain or coach of the team must appoint a hockey player for the execution of the penalty kick. A penalty serving player cannot be assigned to a shootout.

All unused hockey players must leave the court before the free throw is taken and remain on the bench until the free throw is completed. Only the field player designated for the shootout and the opposing goalkeeper have the right to be on the court.

On the free throw, the linesman must position the puck at the center point of the throw-in. After a signal from the head referee, the designated player can move towards the opponent's goal and try to outplay the goalkeeper by throwing the puck into the goal. Moreover, if a player has passed the puck without touching it, he has the right to return and complete the throw.

The bully is not allowed to lift the puck on the hook above the shoulder or crossbar.

A hockey player has the right to take only one shot on goal. If the puck enters the goal after the second shot, the goal will not count.

The goalkeeper has no right to leave the goalkeeper's area until the moment the hockey player touches the puck. If this rule is violated, the referee raises his hand. In this case, the player can continue the shootout. In the event that a goal has been recorded after that, the free throw is considered complete. Otherwise, the judge will order a repeat shootout. The referee decides that a free throw has been taken in the following cases:

• a goal was scored;
• the puck crossed the front line of the goal without hitting it;
• the puck is beaten off by the goalkeeper;
• the referee stopped the execution of the throw for a violation of the rules.

After the shootout, the throw-in will take place:

• in the center of the field (in case of a goal);
• at the end point of the throw-in in the team's zone against which the shootout was awarded (if no goal was called).

The time taken for the free throw is not included in the net time of the match.

Now you will know all about free throws in hockey.

Bullet is the most controversial thing in modern hockey. Shootouts are a nerve, beauty and a spectacular performance technique that constantly blows up YouTube. At the same time, many believe that the shootout cannot fairly determine the winner of the match.

Because of this, for example, the NHL changed the overtime format to 3v3 to increase the likelihood that the match would not progress to a shootout. The IIHF, under the auspices of which the hockey tournament is held at the Olympic Games, has also introduced the "3 vs 3" format. But unlike the NHL, there are no “endless” overtimes in international playoffs.

Shootouts at the Olympics and World Championships are far less common than penalty shootouts in football, but there are plenty of iconic moments associated with them. It was in the shootout that Sweden won the last World Championship. Canada did the same in 1994. And at the Olympic Games, Peter Forsberg's victorious bullet in the 1994 final and the Czech Republic's victory in the 1998 Nagano semifinals became famous.

The probability of a penalty kick in football is about 85%, in hockey - only 30-35%. Even the best bulletiners in their careers convert just over 50% of their shots. This is a much more difficult trick than hitting from eleven meters. Therefore, there are many ways to implement shootouts, and we will tell about them.

The most faithful

Simple throwwhen the player is not going to stroke. Most hockey players do just that. There are several types of simple throws.

Wrist throwaimed at accuracy. Shown by Alexey Kovalev.

Clickis a powerful force roll used most often by defenders. In this case, you no longer need to get too close to the goalkeeper. See former Czech national team player Jiri Hudler doing it.

Half click- a hybrid of the two previous throws. Unlike a click, there is no strong swing of the club, but the power of the throw remains. This technique is shown by Kyle Terris: the throw seems to be simple, but destructive speed and strength - the goalkeeper does not even have time to move.

Aiming the "fifth point"... The weak point of many goalkeepers is in the stance between the legs apart. This is constantly used by the attackers of rivals. Unfortunately, Russian goalkeepers - Sergei Bobrovsky in Sochi and Ilya Samsonov at the penultimate youth world championship were constantly punched by T.J. Oshi and Troy Terry - almost the main victims of this technique.

However, not only Bobrovsky fell victim to Oshi - for example, Roberto Luongo did not even move during the shootout.

Outline, a classic technique: confuse the goalkeeper on a false swing, move and score. Execution depends on the degree of technical skill of the performer: Matt Hendrix, the perpetual checker of the fourth link, shows the initial level of goalkeeping cheating.

The most spectacular

Spinorama... In a hockey school, every boy dreams of doing this. The takeoff run, a sudden 180-degree turn, the goalkeeper plops down on the ice and does not have time to turn around while you put the puck into the goal ... Or not. Spinorama is a tricky move. For one bomb there are dozens of failures and hundreds of uninteresting training attempts.

Niklas Bergfors did it.

It is especially chic to have time to turn 360 degrees: the St. Louis goalkeeper seemed to have guessed Mikhail Grabovsky's intention to make a spin-drama, but he outwitted him.

And also the spinorama can be done not at the gate, but at the very beginning of the movement to the gate. Linus Umark managed to combine three techniques in one throw at once: spinorama, false swing, and finishes it all off with a throw between the legs. Don't try this at home.

False swing: god level... To trick the goalkeeper, forcing him to press against the corner of the goal, and watch as the puck, seemingly left without control, slowly crosses the line.

Nikita Kucherov is beyond competition.

Jori Lehterja did something similar at one of the All-Star Games, but it was easier for him: realizing that this was a show, the goalkeeper played along with the Finnish striker. That does not negate the gorgeous performance technique.

One-armed bandit... Who even said that you have to hold the club with both hands? One was enough for Peter Forsberg. This is the most famous bullet, it even got on postage stamps and became a national treasure in Sweden. The striker said that he trained this throw only three times. But it was the decisive bullet in the final of the Olympic Games!

Surprisingly, this word denoting a free throw in hockey here clearly indicates the origin of the English bullet (bullet) and to bullet (shoot, hit quickly), but in the most English-speaking league in the world - the NHL - is not used. There, in the course of just the usual penalty shot (free throw), and a series of shootouts (shootout).

How did this word appear in our hockey? This is a mystery. Most of the versions lean towards the Latvian hockey players, who were the most competent athletes in this area during the years of the introduction of hockey in the USSR. After all, even before the Second World War, the national team of independent Latvia participated in the world championships. Apparently, it leaked from their light hand. And even the English "bullet", perhaps, has nothing to do with it. The procedure for the execution of a bullet resembles a duel between a bull and a bullfighter in a bullfight, so the Latvian “bully” (bull) happily later adhered to and even “replaced” the same “bullet”. After all, English is much more widespread than Latvian. But this is only a version.

Densely shootouts in our hockey seem to have come into use, thanks to the television comments of Nikolai Ozerov in the 1960s.

Originally from the Pacific coast

Initially, there was no free throw in the rules of hockey (let's agree that in order to avoid confusion we will always call it a shootout). Which is quite logical: in a tough power game, the fewer rules, the better. However, there is a limit to everything. This is what the president of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, Frank, thought in the late 1920s, fed up with the blatant deliberate rudeness of defenders in front of their goal, the poor performance of the attacking teams and the drop in the entertainment of matches. A simple penalty for a foul that interrupts an action that will almost inevitably lead to a goal is an inadequate penalty. Mr. President asked to develop rules for a special penalty, which was done. The first shootouts in hockey had three fixed starting points for the attacker, located 11 meters from the goal. The bully performer could choose any of them. It was forbidden to throw at any moment of the movement towards the goal.

The first bullet in history took place on December 12, 1921, when forward Tommy Dunderdale (bottom second from the left in the Victoria Cougars photo) and goalkeeper Hugh Lehman (Vancouver Millionaires) met in a duel. The striker won.

In the 1934-35 season, the bullet entered the rules of the National Hockey League (NHL) almost as we know it today. The first bullet in the NHL on November 10, 1934 was unsuccessfully executed by the Montreal Canadiens striker Armand Mondu: the goalkeeper of the Toronto Maple Leafs George Hainsworth eliminated the threat. But three days later, the first bullet goal was born: he designed it to Ralph Bowman of the St. Louis Eagles.

As for the first "bullyers" in the USSR and in Russia, there is no historically reliable data on this matter.

Reasons for the game of hockey for shootouts

1. The most important conditions for breaking the rules, "pulling" the bullet: direct attack of the opponent's goal, wrong attack of the attacker from behind, if as a result of the violation, the attacker lost the opportunity to score a goal, if there are no players from the opposing team between the attacker and the goalkeeper, that is, a one-on-one breakout ...
2. Stopping (holding) the puck with your hands in your own goal area.
3. Throwing the club (or any object) in the direction of the puck (or at the player in possession of the puck) in his own half of the court.
4. Deliberate shift of the gate when going one-on-one in the last two minutes of regular time or during the entire added time.
5. Numerical violation of the composition in the last two minutes of regular time or during the entire added time.

It is not difficult to guess from this that the bullet itself during the game is an extremely rare phenomenon. With the existing practice of removing and dictating a judge, there are really few reasons for his appointment. It's another matter if the match turns out to be a draw based on the results of the main time, or even extra time.

The era of shootouts

Not so long ago, the power of the shootouts extended only to North America, where they somehow immediately disliked anyone. After all, there is no other way to identify the strongest when there is not enough time and energy. It is not always possible to play long overtimes before the first goal is scored. By the way, this method of determining the winner is used in the NHL only in the framework of the regular season, while in the Stanley Cup, overtime is still played before a goal.

The focus on the best hockey in the NHL forced the rest of the world to virtually abandon draws and go to shootouts. At the world championships, the playoff system has long dominated, and at the first stage the winner is determined. They are fond of shootouts in our Kontinental Hockey League and in other European countries. Somewhere in the last quarter of a century, the era of shootouts has been observed in world hockey.

Such importance of shootouts has already developed a whole strategy for their execution. Teams monitor each other's attackers and goalkeepers, using knowledge about their actions during a shootout. But many masters still manage to shine, although they have already been studied by rivals inside and out.

Someone likes to lure the goalkeeper into false actions and rolls the puck into an empty net. These are Mikko Koivu (Minnesota Wilde), our shootout king Pavel Datsyuk (pictured below), TJ Oshi (Washington Capitals) and Martin St. Louis.

Some people prefer to make an unexpected sharp and precise throw while stroking. These are Brian Rolston, Thomas Vanek, Evgeni Malkin.

There are even those who just beat the puck with all their might and succeed. This cohort includes such hockey players as Sheldon Surrey, the same Vanek.

Goalkeepers can be divided into roughly the same categories. Someone is reflecting the puck in a standing position, someone is trying to move towards the attacker, someone is falling to their knees like a butterfly (as in the photo below).

Beauty and only

In general, with such an abundance of styles and options, a shootout series turns into almost a show that the audience loves so much.

The viewer only benefits from the dominance of shootouts. After all, attackers and goalkeepers have the opportunity to show off their skills without being distracted by the power crush.

What are the most beautiful bullets in hockey? What are the best shootouts? It is difficult to answer these questions. After all, the tastes of different people are different. And talking about beauty is not more correct than showing it. Therefore, after reading, let's start viewing.

Best shootouts in hockey

Let's start with the mockery of the Canadian goalkeeper of one of the best Swedish shoot-outs Linus Umark at one of the World Championships. One of the most beautiful bullets in hockey. An entertaining goal came out.

This is how the best performers in the NHL score shootouts. The stars are Zach Parise, TJ Oshie, Lee Stempnyak, Wojtek Wolski, Niklas Hagman, Jason Blake, Thomas Vanek, Anger Kopitar, Mike Ribeiro, and, of course, Pavel Datsyuk.

These are our shootouts in the NHL and KHL: Alexander Radulov, Vladimir Tarasenko, Danis Zaripov, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Artemy Panarin, Evgeny Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, Pavel Datsyuk (twice).

Well, and finally, the bullet chaos of show matches (like "all-star matches"). According to the normal rules, in official games, out of these ten, only a couple would have been counted. But what can't you do for a nice shootout?

Shootouts are great. If the meaning of hockey is goal, then bullet is concentrated hockey.

The most beautiful bullets in hockey - all the nuances of beauty on the site

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A bullet is a free kick in hockey. This term is used only in the post-Soviet space. In other parts of the world, a free kick is often referred to simply as a penalty kick. AiF.ru figured out who introduced the word "bullet".

Who coined the word "bullet"?

The free kick was called a serve shootout Latvian hockey player and referee Edgar Klavs... At the end of 1946 he was invited to Moscow to take part in a seminar devoted to the problems of the development of hockey in the country. The USSR was preparing to hold the first ever championship in this winter sport; during the discussions, Klavs decided to clarify the rules for the execution of free throws. Explaining all the nuances, the referee got so carried away that he compared a hockey player rushing towards the goalkeeper with a bull. In the heat of this horned beast, he named it not in Russian, but in Latvian - bullītis. Hearing this word Soviet hockey player Arkady Chernyshev, appointed as the playing coach of the Moscow Dynamo team, suggested calling the penalty "shootout". His proposal caused a smile among those present. After all, at that time the name of the US ambassador to Moscow was William Bullitt, and for Soviet athletes, he personified "world imperialism."

There is another version that the first penalty "shootout" was not called Klavs at all, but his compatriot - Latvian hockey player Harijs Vitolins, the grandfather of the famous Soviet coach Harijs Vitolins. However, this term nevertheless gained wide popularity thanks to Klavs.

What do Americans think of the shootout?

Many American and Canadian hockey players, having heard the word "bullet" during matches with the USSR national teams, were sure that this term was of English origin. Overseas athletes tried to lead the etymology of this word from the noun bullet (English - "bullet") or from the verb to bullet (English - "beat", "bullet").

What are the rules for taking a penalty kick?

In a shootout, the player must shoot at the goal while moving towards it. At the same time, the hockey player is prohibited from making a 360-degree turn, since in this case the goalkeeper may lose sight of the puck. In case of an unsuccessful throw, it is not allowed to finish off the puck into the goal. The goalkeeper has the right to stop the puck in any way other than throwing his own stick or any other object.

In what cases is a bullet assigned?

A bullet is awarded when a violation of the rules is committed against a player who goes head-to-head against the opponent's goalkeeper, as a result of which this player was deprived of the opportunity to score a goal.

There are 5 conditions for a shootout:

• the violation of the rules was made at the moment when the puck was outside the zone of protection of the injured player;
• the attacking player must control the puck;
• violation of the rules must be committed from behind;
• the attacking player has lost the opportunity to score a goal as a result of a violation of the rules;
• there are no opposing players between the attacking player and the goal, other than the goalkeeper.

In addition, a bullet can be assigned if:

• a player, with the exception of the goalkeeper, deliberately falls on the puck, covers with his hands or rakes the puck under his body, lifts the puck off the ice with his hands when the puck is in the goal area of ​​his team;
• a player, goalkeeper or representative of the defending team, who is on the ice, throws his stick or part of it or any other object in the direction of the puck in his defense zone;
• a player in control of the puck outside of his defensive zone and having no opponents to beat other than the goalkeeper is attacked with a stick or any object thrown by any member (including officials) of the defending team;
• for deliberate movement of the goal by a defending player or goalkeeper in his own defense zone during the last two minutes of the game or at any time of extra time;
• the player controls the puck, there are no players of the opposing team between him and the opponent's goal and he has a real opportunity to score, and the player or goalkeeper of the opposing team deliberately moves the goal from their established position;
• In the last two minutes of the game or at any time in overtime, there is an intentional incorrect substitution of players (violation of the numerical strength).

Shootouts are playable and post-match.

There are 5 conditions, each of which is sufficient for a shootout in the game (for an opponent's wrong attack), and 1 post-match condition.

• the violation of the rules was made while the puck was outside the defending zone of the injured player
• the attacking player must control the puck and the ball

• breaking the rules must be committed from behind
• the attacking player has lost the opportunity to score a goal as a result of the violation of the rules
• there are no opposing players between the attacking player and the goal, except for the goalkeeper
• when the main and extra time did not reveal the winner.

That is, informally speaking, a bullet is awarded when a violation of the rules is committed against a player who went one-on-one against the opponent's goalkeeper, as a result of which this player was deprived of the opportunity to score a goal.

A free throw can be awarded in situations where a goalkeeper breaks the rules against an opponent going one-on-one with him, regardless of whether the offense is committed from behind or not (this rule was introduced in the IIHF Rules Book of September 30, 2010).

Also, a free throw is awarded in some game situations that are not related to going one-on-one:

• if any player of the defending team, with the exception of the goalkeeper, deliberately falls on the puck, covers with his hands or rakes the puck under his body, lifts the puck off the ice with his hands when the puck is in his team's goal area;
• if any player, goalkeeper or representative of the defending team who is on the ice throws his stick or part of it or any other object

towards the puck in its own defense zone;

• if a player in control of the puck outside of his defensive zone and having no opponents to beat other than the goalkeeper is attacked with a stick or any object thrown by any member (including officials) of the defending team;
• for deliberate movement of the goal by a defending player or goalkeeper in his own defense zone during the last two minutes of the game or at any time of extra time;
• if a player controls the puck and there are no players of the opposing team between him and the opponent's goal, and he has a real opportunity to score a goal, and the player or goalkeeper of the opposing team deliberately moves the goal from their established position;
• if in the last two minutes of the game or at any time in overtime, there is an intentional incorrect substitution of players (violation of the numerical strength).

If the violation of the rules leading to the awarding of a free throw involves any other penalty, a free throw will be awarded and the penalty shall be assessed as usual, whether or not a goal was scored after the free throw.

If, at the time of the violation of the rules, satisfying all the conditions for the appointment of a shootout, the goalkeeper of the offending team was not on the court, having been replaced by an outfield player, the goal of the offending team is scored immediately, without a free throw.

If a free throw is due for a violation of the rules, then the player against whom the violation of the rules is to be taken must take the free throw. If a player is injured, the captain must appoint any player who is on the ice at the time of the violation; in cases where it is impossible to determine the number of the player against whom the violation was committed, the coach or captain must appoint any player from among those who are on the ice at the time of the violation to take the free throw (this rule was introduced in the edition of the IIHF Rules Book of September 30, 2010 ).

The referee must ask for the name and number of the player to be assigned to take the free throw to be announced. The designated player cannot be selected from among the players serving the penalty, or on whom the delayed penalty has been imposed. Players from both teams must leave the court. The referee must place the puck on the center point of the face off. Only the goalkeeper can defend the goal during the free throw. The goalkeeper must remain in his goal area until a player has touched the puck. The player, at the command of the referee, must pick up the puck, proceed to the goal of his opponent and try to score the puck. Once the puck is shot, the free throw is taken. A goal scored as a result of any kind of secondary throws will not count. In the event of a goal being scored from a free throw, the throw-in of the puck shall take place in the center of the field. If no goal is scored, the throw-in shall be taken at one of the final throw-in points in the area where the free throw was taken. The time required for a free throw is not included in regular playing time in any period. If the referee signals a violation related to the appointment of a free throw by raising his hand, fixing a deferred penalty, thereby enabling the team that did not violate the rules to complete the game episode, then the free throw will be taken after the stoppage of the game, regardless of whether it is over or no play time in any period. If the goalkeeper leaves his goal area before a player has touched the puck or commits any infraction, the referee must raise his hand to flag the goalkeeper's infractions and allow the player to complete the free throw. If the free throw is unsuccessful, the referee must order a re-execution of the free throw. If the goalkeeper leaves his goal area ahead of schedule, the referee must:

• for the first time warn him and assign a re-execution of the free throw,
• impose a disciplinary penalty on him for a secondary offense and order a free throw again,
• award goal scoring if the goalkeeper breaks the rules for the third time.

The goalkeeper may attempt to stop the shot by any means other than throwing his stick or any other object that would then qualify for a goal. In a shootout, the player must roll onto the goal net in the general forward direction. A 360 ° turn in motion around its own axis, made by the free-throw thrower when approaching the goal, is allowed, since it is performed with a continuous forward movement. Placing the puck on the hook of the stick (as in lacrosse) above shoulder height or the crossbar is not allowed; If a player shoots a free throw or a shot in this manner, the referee must stop the shot and declare it completed. If the puck has stopped, it is not allowed to hit it in the goal. If, during the free throw, a player of the opposing team interferes or distracts the player taking the free throw, resulting in a failure, the referee must award a retake of the free throw and impose a disciplinary penalty on the offending player.

Origin of the term

Usually the origin of the Russian word "bullet" is associated with the English noun bullet (bullet) or the verb to bullet (in one of the meanings - quickly beat, bullet).

However, the English word Bullet lacks the meaning of "free kick in hockey".

There is an alternative version. When the USSR became interested in the Canadian ice game, there were no specialists of their own, and they had to invite a person from outside. It was the Latvian Edgars Klavs, a participant in the ZOI-1936 and several pre-war world championships. Most of the Soviet athletes had no idea about hockey, but everyone was familiar with football. Klavs constantly had to resort to analogies with other sports in order to convey the meaning to the audience and develop a Russian analogue of various terms. At that time, in all sports, the authorities of the USSR demanded to use names in the Russian manner, and sometimes it was difficult for the Latvian.

Explaining the rules of appointment and methods of execution of free throws, Klavs, according to his own recollection, drew an analogy with an angry bull rushing towards the goalkeeper-bullfighter. "Bull" is pronounced "bullītis" in Latvian. It was then that Arkady Chernyshov amused the audience with his analogy. The fact is that the first US ambassador to Moscow was named William Bullitt, and for Soviet athletes he personified "world imperialism" led by Curzon and Chamberlain. So why not name the capital punishment in hockey after an ideological enemy?

The word "bullet" became firmly in use in the 1960s thanks to the television coverage of Nikolai Ozerov.

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