Establishing Face-off Locations

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Establishing Face-off Locations
Presentation Designed by Gary D. Robinson Tulsa,
Oklahoma
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• Summary of Face-off Locations
• Center Ice
• Start of game, each period, each overtime. 635(a)
• Goal scored (including penalty shot) 611(j)
• Premature substitution of the goalkeeper.
  (offending team in attacking half of ice) 205(b)
• Official errs in calling icing violation. 620(g)
• Official errs in calling offside pass violation.
  (age classification above Junior C) 627(g)

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• Last Play
• Puck passed offside at BLUE line. 626(b)
• Offside pass violation (Age classification above
  Junior C) 627(g)
• Penalized player or his immediate substitute,
  either from the penalty bench or players bench
  returns to the ice and illegally plays the puck.
  (Junior C age classification and below) 625(k)(l)
• Premature substitution of the goalkeeper
  (Offending team in defending half of ice) 205(b)
• Puck out of sight or illegal puck. 630(a)(b)
• Objects thrown on the ice that interfere with the
  progress of the game.
• Fouls committed by players of both teams during
  same play. 611(g)

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• Last Play (unless committed by attacking team in
  attacking zone)
• Delayed penalty and play is completed when the
  offending team gains possession of the puck.
  409(b)
• Puck batted to a teammate with the hand. 616(e)
• Puck deflected by glove or stick protruding from
  bench. 628(a)
• Stoppage of play for any reason not specifically
  covered in the Playing Rules. 611(k)
• Puck striking any obstacle above the playing
  surface other than the boards, glass, or wire.
  628(a)
• Puck unplayable at either end or side of the
  rink. 628(a)

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• Neutral Zone Face-off Spots
• Puck carried offside. 626(b)
• Official errs in calling off-side violation.
  626(g)
• Stoppage of play caused by attacking player in
  his attacking zone. 611(f) 628(b)
• Delayed penalty while non-offending team ices the
  puck. 620(a) NOTE 1
• Man in the crease violation by the attacking
  team. 621(d)
• Gathering of players after stoppage of play.
  611(m)
• Attacking player shoots puck on the back of
  defending teams goal. 611(f)

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• End Zone Face-off Spot...
• Unsuccessful penalty shot. 406(g)
• Goal illegally scored by deflecting off an
  official. 611(j)
• Goalkeeper illegally playing puck with his hands.
  (throwing puck forward to a teammate.)
• Striking the puck with a stick above the height
  of the shoulder to a teammate. (Face-off in
  offending teams zone) 617(d)
• Intentional off-side (Face-off in offending teams
  zone) 620(a)
• Icing (Face-off in offending teams defending
  zone) 620(a)
• Stoppages occurring between the end zone face-off
  and near the ends of the rink. 611(h)
• Slap Shot / Squirt and under. 617(a)

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• End Zone Face-off Spot...
• Defending team shooting the puck into netting.
  628(a)
• Bringing the puck back into defending zone.
  629(c)
• NOTE No face-off shall be made within 15 feet
  of the side boards. 611(i)

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• Hand Pass / High Stick Face-Off Location
  Situations
• Hand passing the puck
• If a defending player in his/her defending zone
  bats the puck in the air with his/her hand, or
  pushes it along the ice with his/her hand, and a
  teammate in his defending zone is the first
  player to gain possession and control, no whistle
  is blown because there is no infraction. The puck
  must be in the defending zone both when the pass
  ORIGINATES and when it is COMPLETED.

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• In any other zone, if a player hand-passes the
  puck to a teammate, the whistle should be blown
  and the face-off takes place at the point where
  the puck was hand-passed.

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• If the hand pass is made backward to a teammate
  (the receiving player being closer to his
  defending zone than the passer), the face-off
  location is still at the point of the pass. This
  is one of the few times the offending team
  actually gains an ice territory advantage.

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• High Sticking the Puck
• High Sticking the Puck - If a player bats the
  puck with his/her stick above the normal height
  of his/her shoulders, and he/she or a teammate is
  the first to gain possession or control, the
  referee should blow the whistle to stop play.
  This is true in ANY zone.

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• The face-off takes place at one of the end zone
  face-off spots of the offending team.
• There are, however, exceptions...

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• If play is stopped for a high stick violation
  during a delayed off-side call against the team
  not in possession, the face-off will take place
  at the nearest neutral zone face-off spot.
• During a delayed penalty call, if the
  non-offending team commits a high stick
  violation, the face-off should take place at a
  neutral zone face-off spot near the defending
  zone of the team that high-sticked the puck.

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