The reason the puck was dropped at center ice is because after a mistake by an official ie a bad call, the puck must be placed where it doesn't give one team the advantage over the other . On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, Daniel John Kheel wrote: > During the last Michigan game, UoM was on the penalty kill when they iced > the puck, only the linesman called icing by mistake. The ensuing face-off > take place at center ice. > Was it the refs discretionary decision as to where the > face-off would occur? Do all refs (admitted) mistakes result in a > face-off at center ice? > It seems to me that the face off should have been at the UIC end > because that is where the puck would have been if there was no icing call. > > Dan Kheel > Cornell '94 > UoM Law '97 >