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6.6 FACE-OFF PROCEDURE6.6 FACE-OFF PROCEDURE
OFFICIAL’S STANCE
• Feet shoulder width apart.
• Knees slightly bent.
• Balls of feet, knees and shoulders in same plane.
• Feet one foot from face-off dot.
• Puck held belt high, in close to body.
• Free hand at side.
COMMON STANCE FAULTS
• Feet too close together (poor balance) or too wide (poor mobility).
• Not square to dot (not facing directly across the ice).
• Bent over.
• Knees not flexed.
• Feet too close to dot.
• Puck being presented of drop telegraphed.
PLAYER’S POSITION
Centers:
• Feet behind and clear of face-off restraining lines.
• Visiting team sets up first.
• Toe of stick touching ice in designated area.
• Stick not moving.
Other players:
• Feet outside circle (or 15 feet).
• Body and sticks on-side.
ENCROACHMENT ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
• Front Linesman: Centers and players in front.
• Back Linesman: Players behind partner dropping puck.
FACE-OFF VIOLATIONS
• Player encroaches circle.
• Player lines up with portion of body or stick offside.
• Center leaves — talks to team-mate/coach.
• Center cheats (touching face-off restraining lines, stick not on ice, stick not on circle, stick moving).
• Center commits a false start.
VIOLATION PROCEDURE
Front Linesman:
• Verbally eject the center.
• Hand signal to indicate violating team.
• Communicate what the violation was.
Back Linesman:
• Blow whistle.
• Hand signal to indicate violating team.
• Hold position — do not approach circle.
PUCK DROP
• Pause after last center “freezes”. Vary the length of pause to prevent telegraphing.
• Out and down in one motion.
• Puck to land flat.
Common faults:
• Up and over hand motion.
• Cueing centers with unconscious thumb, hand or body motion just prior to the drop.
• Beginning exit while dropping puck.
• Dropping puck too hard or too soft.
FACE-OFF EXIT
• Pause to let puck clear, look for clear route then back away towards boards.
• Move quickly back to blue line along the boards. Keep puck in sight; skate backwards if puck is near.
• Release partner from your blue line with head nod.
TIPS
• Ensure other officials ready (make eye contact with partner(s)) before dropping puck.
• Be ready prior to arrival of players.
• Encourage players to line up correctly as they arrive.
• Don’t coach players who line up incorrectly back into position.
• Provide no warnings of ejection.
• Eject center of first team guilty of encroachment — not players who follow first offender.
• Establish standard early and maintain it.
• Be consistent in application of the procedure
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