2.3.1 - The period begins when the designated Official blows the jam-starting whistle. The signal will be one short whistle blast.
2.3.2 - There will be a break of at least five minutes between periods.
2.3.3 - The period ends when the last jam reaches its natural conclusion (see Section 2.4 - Jams). This may extend past the point when the period clock reaches 0:00.
2.3.4 - If 30 seconds or fewer remain on the period clock when a jam ends, there will not be another jam started for that period unless a timeout is called (see Section 2.6.5).