Category
page 1Lacrosse terminology
zone defense
defensive strategy in sports
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face-off
thumb|A referee (center) drops the hockey puck|puck between [[Ryan Johansen (left) and Nicklas Bäckström for a face-off during a National Hockey League game between the Nashville Predators and Washington Capitals in October 2018]]
A face-off is the method used to begin and restart play after goals in some sports using sticks, primarily ice hockey, inline hockey, bandy, floorball, broomball, rinkball, and lacrosse.
save
preventing a shot from entering the net