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Subban is a really exciting young player. I'm glad he signed - and I'm even happier that the other guys told him to stop being a jerkface in the room and on the ice.
 
And Will Smith in the stands :D

Yeah, I watched a few videos on their homepage and Subban and the young goalie, what's his name, Price? seems to be the up-and-coming players to watch.
 
Price is probably the best goalie 25 and under right now. He's likely to be the starter next year for Canada at Sochi.
 
There seems to be a lot of rules as to where on the ice the face off happens at, depending on how the play died. And is there a thing as offside?

Edit: I'm also pretty sure I have no idea on the different kind of penalties, but I'll do some reading on that and it'll come with watching more hockey I'm sure :)


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Yes, there is. The faceoff occurs at the dot nearest to where the infraction took place, unless it's in the attacking zone and the attacker caused the infraction.

The blue lines indicate the zones. The puck has to enter the zone first, either with a player or ahead of all attacking players. No player can enter the zone before the carrying player. If he does, when the puck enters the zone the play shall be called offside and taken back to the centre zone (the neutral zone)
 
I see, thanks, that makes sense! There is some great in fights for the puck at times
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I find the game to be fast-paced and exciting, and the skill level to be extremely high. I hope you're enjoying it.

The other rule you might consider learning is the icing rule. Icing is designed to stop people in the defensive zone from just shooting the puck to the other side of the rink constantly. If a team dumps the puck into the offensive zone from behind the centre line and it crosses into the "back", behind the red line near the far side of the rink without touching any players. The defending player must make an honest effort to reach the puck. When the defender touches it, the play is blown dead and taken to the offensive team's zone.

If the offensive player touches the puck, however (chasing it in and "beating the defenseman"), this keeps the play alive, often giving the attacking team an advantage.
 
Ah, I've heard those two terms "Icing" and "Icing the puck" before. So "icing the puck" is just when a defenseman touches the puck behind the line after what you just described? in other words icing/stopping the play?
 
That's pretty much it, Sixes. It's a little more complex than that, but basically if the puck is shot behind the net from more than halfway down the ice and the defender gets there first, the attacking team is punished by a faceoff in their zone.
 
Well, it's a good way to end a play, and a lot of times it results from missed passes and stuff. As for statistics, there's no official stats for it.
 
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