Are there any restrictions on the position of wingers and defencemen other than the circle and hashmarks? I had a situation where the visiting team had a faceoff in their offensive zone, but the coach zoned out and they missed their opportunity to do a line change for the defencemen (they tried to do one too late and I sent them back). They then lined up their defencemen right in front of their bench so they could do a line change as soon as the puck was dropped. I didn't know of any rule preventing this, so I allowed it. Was this correct? Also, is it required that wingers and defencemen be standing still once the ref is set to drop the puck? Could they decide to switch positions, or skate and attempt to time the puck drop to get a jump towards the goal (kind of like the "waggle" in CFL) as long as they do not enter the circle or cross the hashmarks until the puck is dropped?
Good questions. So as long as the player is on-side, they can put them anywhere on the ice. In terms of positioning on face-offs, all players must stand still. I know you don't always see this happen at minor levels because of curfew times and trying to move the game along. However, technically, this is how it should be done.
Hey Kyle. I don't have a video specifically made of this. However, USA Hockey has produced a couple of good videos that show this. See below. Thanks to @cr12297 for sharing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GCwaAHkgvoA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uWebmcdcFvk.html
