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Get to know: Faceoffs

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It’s a part of the game many of us view but we might not have a grasp on how it really works. It’s nothing more than a column in a statistics table that you might glance over without giving it a second thought. It’s how games are started, and restarted after a whistle. It pits 2 men or women against each other in a battle of quick hands and physicality. At times, it can be a giant mess. It can also be quick and clean. We’re talking of course, about the faceoff.

Faceoffs, in their most simplistic rules, are pretty basic in nature.