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Rule 612 - Face-Off Locations

Lots of great examples in the Casebook

The real bottom line is 612(g) - A team causing a stoppage of play shall not gain a territorial advantage with the ensuing face-off. In this instance, the
ensuing face-off shall be at the nearest face-off spot closer to their own goal.

These examples are not all encompassing; they are just the more common situations:

Puck carrier is in the neutral zone, but has not made it to the neutral zone face-off dots when they dump the puck into the attacking zone while there is a teammate still in the attacking zone. Center Ice faceoff 

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The puck carrier is in the neutral zone, but has not made it beyond center ice when they dump the puck into the attacking zone while there is a teammate still in the attacking zone. Neutral zone faceoff - on the defending side of the red line

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The puck carrier is in their defending zone, when they dump the puck into the attacking zone with a teammate still in the attacking zone. Defending End Zone Faceoff 

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The puck carrier passes the puck to a player who is very obviously offside - Intentional Offsides - Defending End Zone Faceoff 

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Black team commits a penalty in the attacking zone (or anywhere on the ice) - Defending End Zone Faceoff

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Black team commits a penalty in the attacking zone, and the Blue team ices the puck to stop play - Neutral zone faceoff - on the defending side of the red line

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Coincidental penalties - anywhere on the ice - Last Play / nearest face-off dot at the stoppage of play

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