Great video! Thanks for putting this together. Question: when are the centermen allowed to move? One of the things I’ve noticed is some centermen seem to spring into action as soon as the puck leaves the official’s hand, while other seem to wait until the puck hits the ice. Is one allowed to bat the puck out of the air, for example? Also, for the official, I’ve seen a lot of bouncing of the puck on drops and if using a non-frozen puck (which I think also needs to be addressed) it creates a wildly difficult and unpredictable face off. Are officials expected to be able to make the puck sit flat on the drop. Thanks again!
Rule 6.2 states: (Face-off Conduct) A face-off is where an Official drops the puck between the sticks of two opposing players to start or resume play. A face-off begins when the Official(s) indicate the location and the players take their appropriate positions. The face-off is considered complete when the puck has been legally and fairly dropped, meaning the puck contacts the ice surface before contacting the stick or any part of the body of the player taking the face-off. Should be puck accidentally contact the stick or any part of the body of a player taking the face-off, the official will stop play by blowing their whistle and conduct the face-off again. With respect to your second question, the goal is always to get the puck to lay flat, though this is never perfect. Younger officials particularly have to practice this skill to get it right. I've been an official for 33-years and it doesn't always go perfectly for me either unfortunately :-(
Hey Kyle. I don't have a video specifically made of this. However, USA Hockey has produced a couple of good videos that show this. See below. Thanks to @cr12297 for sharing. th-cam.com/video/GCwaAHkgvoA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/uWebmcdcFvk/w-d-xo.html
Are there any restrictions on the position of wingers and defencemen other than the circle and hashmarks? I had a situation where the visiting team had a faceoff in their offensive zone, but the coach zoned out and they missed their opportunity to do a line change for the defencemen (they tried to do one too late and I sent them back). They then lined up their defencemen right in front of their bench so they could do a line change as soon as the puck was dropped. I didn't know of any rule preventing this, so I allowed it. Was this correct? Also, is it required that wingers and defencemen be standing still once the ref is set to drop the puck? Could they decide to switch positions, or skate and attempt to time the puck drop to get a jump towards the goal (kind of like the "waggle" in CFL) as long as they do not enter the circle or cross the hashmarks until the puck is dropped?
Good questions. So as long as the player is on-side, they can put them anywhere on the ice. In terms of positioning on face-offs, all players must stand still. I know you don't always see this happen at minor levels because of curfew times and trying to move the game along. However, technically, this is how it should be done.
Great job as always !
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Very helpful. Thanks!
Great video as usual
Great info as usual
Great video! Thanks for putting this together.
Question: when are the centermen allowed to move? One of the things I’ve noticed is some centermen seem to spring into action as soon as the puck leaves the official’s hand, while other seem to wait until the puck hits the ice. Is one allowed to bat the puck out of the air, for example?
Also, for the official, I’ve seen a lot of bouncing of the puck on drops and if using a non-frozen puck (which I think also needs to be addressed) it creates a wildly difficult and unpredictable face off. Are officials expected to be able to make the puck sit flat on the drop.
Thanks again!
Rule 6.2 states: (Face-off Conduct)
A face-off is where an Official drops the puck between the sticks of two opposing players to start or resume play. A face-off begins when the Official(s) indicate the location and the players take their appropriate positions. The face-off is considered complete when the puck has been legally and fairly dropped, meaning the puck contacts the ice surface before contacting the stick or any part of the body of the player taking the face-off. Should be puck accidentally contact the stick or any part of the body of a player taking the face-off, the official will stop play by blowing their whistle and conduct the face-off again.
With respect to your second question, the goal is always to get the puck to lay flat, though this is never perfect. Younger officials particularly have to practice this skill to get it right. I've been an official for 33-years and it doesn't always go perfectly for me either unfortunately :-(
can you post a video of a bad puck drop and a very good puck drop.
Hey Kyle. I don't have a video specifically made of this. However, USA Hockey has produced a couple of good videos that show this. See below. Thanks to @cr12297 for sharing.
th-cam.com/video/GCwaAHkgvoA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/uWebmcdcFvk/w-d-xo.html
@@ottawaref99 thank you!!!!
Are there any restrictions on the position of wingers and defencemen other than the circle and hashmarks? I had a situation where the visiting team had a faceoff in their offensive zone, but the coach zoned out and they missed their opportunity to do a line change for the defencemen (they tried to do one too late and I sent them back). They then lined up their defencemen right in front of their bench so they could do a line change as soon as the puck was dropped. I didn't know of any rule preventing this, so I allowed it. Was this correct?
Also, is it required that wingers and defencemen be standing still once the ref is set to drop the puck? Could they decide to switch positions, or skate and attempt to time the puck drop to get a jump towards the goal (kind of like the "waggle" in CFL) as long as they do not enter the circle or cross the hashmarks until the puck is dropped?
Good questions. So as long as the player is on-side, they can put them anywhere on the ice. In terms of positioning on face-offs, all players must stand still. I know you don't always see this happen at minor levels because of curfew times and trying to move the game along. However, technically, this is how it should be done.
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The picture for junior A was actually major junior😅