RINGETTE CANADA LINE MARKINGS - Ontario Ringette Association

Crease Areas
Goal Crease Area
• 5.08 cm (2 in.) painted blue in a 2.43 m (8 ft.) semi circle
• The measurement shall be taken from the exact same location as the HC ice hockey
crease
On-Ice Official’s Crease Area (Ref’s Circle)
• Same size and location as ice hockey
RINGETTE CANADA LINE MARKINGS
Ice rinks that offer the sport of Ringette will be required to install additional painted/fabric markings. Ringette utilizes most of the standard Hockey Canada (HC) ice hockey markings with
additional free pass dots in each of the attacking zones and centre zone areas as well as a larger defined crease area. Two (2) additonal free play lines (1 in each attacking zone) are also
required.
11 ft. (3.30 m)
measurement
does not include
goal line
12 in.
(30.48 cm)
12 in.
(30.48 cm)
64 ft.
(19.51 m)
12 in.
(30.48 cm)
11 ft.
(3.35 m)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
15 ft. radius (4.57 m)
30 ft.
(9.14 m)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
See detailed version
(diagram B)
85 ft.
(25.91 m)
15 ft. (4.57 m) radius
44 ft.
(13.41 m)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
30 ft. (9.14 m)
200 ft.
(60.96 m)
8 ft. radius
(2.44 m)
Free Play Lines
In both attacking zones located above the 30 ft. circles is a 5.08 cm (2 in.) red “Free Play
Line” (A). These lines shall be installed to completely overlap the top of each of the 30 ft.
circle. These lines run uninterrupted from one side of the dasherboards directly to the other
side of the rink and should continue up the dasherboards.
Centre to centre
22 ft.
(6.71 m)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
10 ft.
(3.05 m)
radius
7 ft. 6 in.
Goal Crease
Diagram B
20 ft.
(6.09 m)
Ontario Recreation Facilities Association Inc., 1 Concorde Gate, Suite 102, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 3N6
Goal
6 ft.
(1.83 m)
8 ft. radius
(2.44 m)
22 ft.
(6.71 m)
12 in. diameter
(30.48 cm)
The On-Ice Official’s Crease
is to be measured from the
centre of the speaker hole.
Radius includes 2 in.
painted line for a total
of 10 ft. (3.05 m)

C
B
1 Concorde Gate, Suite 102, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3C 3N6
telephone 416.426.7062 • 1.800.661.6732 (1.800.661.ORFA) • fax 416.426.7385 • www.orfa.com
Bisecting Lines
In each of the 30 ft. circles a 2 in. blue bisecting line shall be installed
completely across the inside of the circle centre of each circle (C).
Free Pass Circles
Each of the five (5) 30 ft. circles (2 in each of the attacking zones and 1 at
centre ice) shall have an additional two (2) 1 ft. blue free pass dots painted for
a total of 10 additional free pass dots. The measurements for locating these
dots is taken from the middle of the 2 ft. ice hockey markings using a
measurement of 7 ft. 6 in (B).
2 in.
(5.08 cm)
Free Pass Circles
RINGETTE CANADA LINE MARKINGS*
Blue Line
see insert next page
Free Pass Circle
O.R.F.A. Supports Ringette Canada’s Ice Sheet Marking Guidelines
*as interpreted by O.R.F.A
15 ft. radius (4.57 m)
30 ft. diameter (9.1 m)
Free Play Line
On-Ice Official’s Circle Goal Line
Goal
Net
Goal
Crease