What happens in a hockey face off?

Answer 1

It is like a tip off in Basketball except it happens after every stoppage. There are 9 places on ice rink were the face off can happen. They are each of the dots. One player (the players playing the CENTER position) from each team lines up facing eahcother and the ref drops the puck. Game/play begins. This happens after every stoppage.

Answer 2

The two teams line up in opposition to each other, and the opposing centers attempt to gain control of the puck after it is dropped between their sticks by an official.

The winning team of the face off immediately goes into attack mode while the losing team prepares to defend.

Answer 3

Face-off - The action of the Referee or Linesman in dropping the puck between the sticks of two opposing players to start or resume play. A face-off begins when the official indicates the location of the face-off and the officials and players take their appropriate positions. The face-off ends when the puck has been legally dropped.

Answer 4

In both Ice Hockey and Lacrosse, the faceoff is a method of starting play. Two players on opposite teams stand facing each other; the ball or puck is placed between them and either can begin vying for it. In Field Hockey, such a play is called a bully; a Faceoff refers to a trademarked Obo product, a protective mask for defenders to use at penalty corners. The term has also come to be used in many areas outside of these, to describe a similar situation where two players compete for an advantage of some kind. It is sometimes described as a head-to-head and a showdown as well.

Answer 5

When the ref drops the puck in between the 2 players, kinda like a tip off in basket ball except hockey.

Answer 6

if the center man wins the puck back to his de-fence player

Answer 7

-At the beginning of a period

-After a goal

-After the puck is smothered and the whistle is blown

-After an off-side or icing

(Really after any stop in play)

Answer 8

For a variety of reasons: to start the game, after each goal is scored, and after each stoppage of play, like for icing, etc.