At 5:18 PM -0500 2/6/97, Jennifer McClellan wrote:
> Kathleen Nelson posted a question about stick placement on
> face-offs and I didn't see a reply on the list.  It is my belief (without
> my rulebook handy) that the order of stick placement on face-offs is not
> determined by offensive/defensive team, but by home/away team.  Is this
> correct?
 
Rule 6-12 says that for a face-off at the center ice spot, i.e. at the
beginning of periods and after goals, the player from the visiting team
must place his/her stick first.  When the face-off occurs in "any of the
end face-off circles", it is the player from the attacking team.
 
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