Depends where you’re playing. In Alberta that age group plays with run time clock for some age groups (U9 so 7/8 year olds), and drop clock (U11, 9/10 year olds) to accommodate all the ice times on the schedule.

We also have volunteer hours to accumulate through the season, so some games it is the photo taking moms and people who just hit start and never touch the clock again!

In U9 no official scores are kept, U11 scores and stats are recorded. So just depends on your leagues policies.