(iv) Failure by either center taking the face-off to properly position himself behind the restraining lines or place his stick on the ice (as outlined in Rule 76.4). (iii) Any physical contact with an opponent prior to the puck being dropped. A player’s stick may be inside the area between the hash marks provided there is no physical contact with his opponent or his opponent’s stick. If a player’s skate crosses the line into the area between the hash marks prior to the drop of the puck, this shall be deemed as a face-off violation. Contact with the line with their skate is permitted. Players must also ensure that both of their skates do not cross their respective hash marks. (ii) Encroachment by any player into the area between the hash marks on the outer edges of the face-off circle prior to the puck being dropped. A player’s stick may be inside the face-off circle provided there is no physical contact with his opponent or his opponent’s stick. If a player’s skate crosses the line into the face-off circle prior to the drop of the puck, this shall be deemed as a face-off violation. Players on the perimeter of the face-off circle must keep both skates outside the face-off circle (skate contact with the line is permitted). (i) Encroachment by any player other than the center into the face-off area prior to the puck being dropped. This penalty shall be announced as a “Bench Minor Penalty for Delay of Game – Face-off Violation.”įace-off violations shall be summarized as follows (any of the four on-ice officials may identify a face-off violation):
When a least two face-off violations have been committed by the same team during the same face-off, this team shall be penalized with a bench minor penalty to the offending team. If a center should move prematurely prior to the face-off, or if the Referee or Linesman shall have dropped the puck unfairly, the face-off shall be considered a face-off violation and it must be conducted again. It is what it is, hopefully that ref’s going learn from it and everyone makes mistakes.” That’s why we’re kind of upset a little bit. That could have been a huge power play goal for us to come back in the game and be tied at the end. has been around forever, so he knows and everything.
So for me to go and get kicked out, obviously, we’ve got to be careful. For us, it was a reset because Bergeron kind of pushed the hand of the ref, so that puck never touched down. “We’ve just got to find a way to work with them. “There’s a lot of new linesmen around the league - there’s young guys and there’s older guys obviously,” said Brassard. (Officially, the penalty is assessed to the team Philadelphia sent forward Zack MacEwen off to serve the minor.)īrassard discussed the situation after the game. The officials huddled to discuss the play before sending Giroux off for a faceoff violation. Bergeron reacted, also contacting the official and knocking the puck out of his hand. His stick clipped Kelly’s hand – it wasn’t much contact, but it was there. With Bergeron’s still in the air, Giroux jumped the gun and took a swipe at the ice. On a defensive zone draw, the defending player is required to put his stick down first. Claude Giroux skated in to face off against Boston’s Patrice Bergeron. Flyers center Derick Brassard was tossed out of the dot by linesman Dan Kelly.