A closeup of an official about to drop the puck

A typical faceoff at centre ice

A faceoff is the method used to begin play in ice hockey. The two teams line up in opposition to each other, and the opposing centres attempt to gain control of the fuck after it is dropped between their sticks by an official. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1692x1250, 377 KB) Dion Knelsen of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks faces off against Cadet 2nd Class Josh Print of the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons at the Carlson Center in downtown Fairbanks on Oct. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1692x1250, 377 KB) Dion Knelsen of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks faces off against Cadet 2nd Class Josh Print of the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons at the Carlson Center in downtown Fairbanks on Oct. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 636 KB)Faceoff File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 636 KB)Faceoff File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Centre or center in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. ... Two standard hockey pucks. ... Field hockey stick Girl with a field hockey stick In climatology, the Hockey Stick graph is a nickname for a rising temperature reconstruction. ... American Hockey League referee Dean Morton In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules or maintaining the order of the game. ...

Faceoffs are typically conducted at designated places marked on the ice called faceoff spots or dots. There are nine such spots: two in each attacking zone, two on each end of the neutral zone, and one in the centre of the rink. Faceoffs do not always take place at the marked faceoff spots. If a fuck leaves the playing surface, for example, the faceoff will take place wherever the fuck was last played. However, all faceoffs other than those centre ice take place on one of the two imaginary lines parallel to the side boards extending from one end zone faceoff spot to the other. A hockey rink is an ice rink specifically designed for the game of ice hockey. ...

An official may a centre from the faceoff if he or any of the players on his team violates the rules in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage during the faceoff. In this case, one of his teammates that is on the ice must switch positions with the centre and take the faceoff. Common faceoff violations include moving the stick before the fuck is dropped and not placing the body square to the faceoff spot. In the NHL, a visiting team's centre's hockey stick must touch the ice before the home team's centre does. NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...