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Ask the Official: Which team’s center must place the stick first on the ice for any face-off conducted at the center ice face-off spot?

By Administrator on November 5, 2018

By Dave Zednik, IHOA VP of Rules & Ethics

QUESTION: Which team’s center must place the stick first on the ice for any face-off conducted at the center ice face-off spot?

ANSWER: The visiting team’s center must place the stick on the ice first. Rule Reference 613(a). In all face-offs not conducted along the center red line, the attacking team’s center must be the first to place the stick on the ice.