How Faceoffs work in hockey | NHL 101 

The sad truth in the current state of the NHL is that a lot of it is down to the whims of officials. Sometimes they will even fake drop to try to catch guys cheating and kick them out.

@@CheapSeatsSportsI'm a hockey player who's been playing or watching for most of my life. A lot of centers get jumpy or aggressive on the dot. The fake drops are standard procedure all the way down through high school, as a way to weed out people who are gonna commit a penalty anyways. If a pair of centers keep going at each other, the ref might fake drop to see if he can kick one out and cool it down. Hope that helps!

This is literally why I came here too lol glad I wasn’t the only one who searched for this

Younger players tend to struggle with it at first so it's possible Matty grows into it.

Glad to hear it!

That will be the next 101

@@CheapSeatsSports When will it be released, tho?

This is great. I could use more of these NHL 101 videos. Thank you!

Happy to hear it!

If that is the case there are a few announcers from when he played that got it wrong too. I double check pronunciation with clips of the players, it's obviously not perfect tho.

@CheapSeatsSports I just went through dozens of Yanic Perreault clips to see if anyone else messed it up, and each of the announcers pronounced it exactly the same way...Peroe. He's french. There's no other way to pronounce it 😆. There's even interviews where he looks into the camera and says Hi, I'm Yanic Peroe.

@ramymelhem I wasn't doubting that you were right about the pronunciation, and idk what clip I watched then where they said it incorrectly but I guess my bad for not looking at more to be sure.

Yeah, saying players aren't supposed to touch each other before the faceoff is like saying you are supposed to get over the center ice line before dumping the puck in to prevent icing. It's a guideline at best, but generally ignored.

You're welcome

I don't disagree

Glad someone enjoyed it 😄

For faceoffs not a ton, other than that most NHL players are better at winning them

I have one actually! It's called "hockey for beginners" I believe, this link should go to it: ru-vid.com/group/PLmVyhgzh40oEEKCs1WqhMaln4dK8jpX4d&si=TnGXsE6Hox3Gc3dp

Oooh, I'm sorry, i expected it to be named "NHL 101" so i obviously couldn't find it 😅 Thank you!

@@CountDigression it includes some non NHL 101 videos which is why I named it that but maybe I should change it.

@@CheapSeatsSports maybe just "Hockey for beginners / NHL 101" so everyone could find what they're looking for? 🤔🧐😉

Yup, and he isn't the only one.