Face off positioning

[tjslax]

Team A is short one man due to a penalty. According to 4-4-2 "if a team has one or more players out of the game on a penalty, that team shall be exempt from confining it's players behind the defensive area lines and in the wing areas to the extent of its players in the penalty area."

Regular practice would be to bring an attackman to the wing area for the faceoff (keeping him onside). Could Team A start with 3 attackman and d-men behind their restraining lines when play starts and then release one attackman or defensemen to get a loose ball near midfield?

[LaxRef]

Team A is short one man due to a penalty. According to 4-4-2 "if a team has one or more players out of the game on a penalty, that team shall be exempt from confining it's players behind the defensive area lines and in the wing areas to the extent of its players in the penalty area."

Regular practice would be to bring an attackman to the wing area for the faceoff (keeping him onside). Could Team A start with 3 attackman and d-men behind their restraining lines when play starts and then release one attackman or defensemen to get a loose ball near midfield?

Absolutely not. If you start behind the restraining line, you have to wait for possession to be called. Nice try, though.

[eme]

NCAA rule 4-4 page 37 2005 book
NFHS 2005 book page 24 4-4 art.1

"Players designated in the midfield area and players designated withhin the goal area may not interchange positions before possession has been called."

[tjslax]

NCAA rule 4-4 page 37 2005 book
NFHS 2005 book page 24 4-4 art.1

"Players designated in the midfield area and players designated withhin the goal area may not interchange positions before possession has been called."

That's what I was thinking but just going through the rulebook again and again always leads to a new question. My thought process was that 4-4-1 pertained to even strength and 4-4-2 was man-up, man-down.

I see the error in my ways. :banghead: