center ice
Face-off zone origin
Center ice is the middle area of a hockey rink, particularly the zone around the center circle where face-offs begin each period and after goals.
The term appears in hockey commentary and analysis: The puck was dumped in from center ice.
A center ice seat offers a view of the entire rink from midway along the boards.
- faceoffDirect competitive confrontation
- puck dropHockey game's commencement
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- hockey rinkFrozen sports venue
hockey · referee · drop · red line · skates · NHL · arena · forwards · starting lineup · stick · frozen · slap shot · goalie · boards · glass · crowd · whistle · penalty box
- skatingskating, roller skating, figure skating, inline skating, speed skating
- hockey rinkblue line, red line, goal line, crease, goal crease
- arenasarena, stadium, gymnasium, gym, coliseum
- Premium Seatingbox seats, skybox, suite, club seats, front row
- sports venuesstadium, arena, ballpark, gymnasium, fieldhouse
- showdownsshowdown, face-off, faceoff, confrontation, duel
spatial position on rink
center icegoal crease
Protected zone before net
goal line · goal mouth · blue line · slot · hashmarks
center, ice, centers, centered, centering, central, centrally, centrality, centric