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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 05:09pm
JugglingReferee JugglingReferee is offline
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The NHL said that they wanted faceoffs to happen quicker than they were. Players were skating around in circles, or not coming into the faceoff circle until they and their teammates were ready. The NHL said "enough of this crap" and created the rule that the faceoff will happen fifteen seconds after the whistle that stopped the play.

I loved the looks on players' faces when the puck was dropped and one team easily obtained possession. It was like poetry to me.

I wish Fed would do the same. Fifteen seconds after the first, the ball is put into play: whether it's to the offensive team with the defense still in the huddle, or the D ready and the O running to a ball already on the ground.

I have adopted a bit of the NHL style when I administer a throw-in.

I've seen some guys get milked like they have 6 utters.
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