Faceoffs in a sentence

At one point in the second quarter, Wolverines senior Justin Wietfeldt won all 10 faceoffs he took and collected eight ground balls en route to finishing 17 of 25 on faceoffs with 11 ground balls.

But they needed Trocheck to win three defensive-zone faceoffs within the final 1:11 to clinch the victory after the Sharks had pulled within 6-5 on a pair of late goals.

Drawn in the tricky Group C, India are pooled with Malaysia, Chinese Taipei and Australia, needing to finish top two after factoring in all the intricate faceoffs.

In Horvat’s case this is a little bit contextual since he takes so many defensive zone faceoffs.

Now, there’s an emphasis on his performance in the ’ defensive zone, on winning faceoffs and on continuing to make plays.

Poitras recorded a goal and was 58.8% in faceoffs in 18:27 minutes of ice time in the loss.

They ranked 23rd in the league at an aggregate 48.6 in two seasons under head coach Gerard Gallant, who put little emphasis on faceoffs.

Carolina dominated offensive zone faceoffs, winning 70% over the first 40 minutes.

His career-best numbers — as well as his ability to play up and down a lineup, take faceoffs and join a penalty kill — might have drawn interest from other teams as the March 8 trade deadline drew closer.

Simoes, faceoff specialist, had an amazing game dominating with 78 percent of the faceoffs against Waynflete.

Yale junior faceoff Machado Rodriguez won the last two faceoffs against the Terriers, lowering the chances of a scoring opportunity for the Terriers.

Your stick just seems to cover more of the dot and you end up wining more faceoffs.

Body-checking is a no go, but battles in the corner, along the boards, and faceoffs are OK?

He won six of his seven faceoffs and finished wth a plus-1 rating.

It was a big part of Sheahan’s workload to take those crucial faceoffs, but Edmonton is going to have to find someone else now.

Gardner, meanwhile, was the complete defensive package for Xaverian, always finding ways to shut down the opposition’s top scoring threat while being a groundball machine on faceoffs.

Last season, Ierlan finished second in Division-I, converting on 70.8 percent of faceoffs in 2017, earning him Inside Lacrosse second-team All-American honors.

Of the 58.6% of his faceoffs that he won overall, many of those came in his own zone (57% on defensive zone draws).

Peca has only won only 33.3 per cent of his faceoffs this season and the Canadiens as a team rank last in the NHL at 39.8 per cent.

Price made a spectacular glove save to rob on the tail end of a 3-on-1 break at 7:56 of the first period, but the next 20 seconds showcased the importance of winning faceoffs.