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  • noun ice hockey The method used to begin play in ice hockey.

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Examples

  • "That was an important sequence and, of course, winning the faceoff is the first piece of the puzzle," Oilers coach Craig

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • Off a faceoff from the right circle, the puck bounced oddly and diagonally across the slot, as Vokoun tried to knock it away.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Dainius Zubrus converted his third at 3: 39 and Semin picked up his seventh goal on a power play at 14: 51 off a faceoff from the left circle.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Washington vs. Atlanta 2006

  • The other reason a center may get ejected from the faceoff is when one of his teammates enters the faceoff circle prior to the drop of the puck.

    USATODAY.com - Officials on officiating 2003

  • Quintal scored on a wrist shot off a faceoff from the left circle.

    National Hockey League - Canadiens vs. Blue Jackets 2001

  • "We're trying to spring him free anywhere at any point in the game," Stepan said, "and the faceoff is a spot where we can kind of set it up more."

    The Great Gaborik Breakaway Plot Mike Sielski 2012

  • The faceoff was the result of an icing call with less than 6 seconds left in the period when Brad Stuart's attempted pass from his own zone was too far ahead of Lidstrom.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Framing the faceoff was a deadly Israeli naval raid of another blockade-busting ship in May.

    The Jakarta Post 2010

  • Framing the faceoff was a deadly Israeli naval raid of another blockade-busting ship in

    CTV BritishColumbiaHome 2010

  • Framing the faceoff was a deadly Israeli naval raid of another blockade-busting ship in

    CTV BritishColumbiaHome 2010

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