Center Face-Off Circle: A circle, measuring 30 feet in diameter, at the center of the ice where the puck is dropped in a face-off to start the game and to restart the game after a goal has been scored.

 

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Center Face-Off Circle: A circle, measuring 30 feet in diameter, at the center of the ice where the puck is dropped in a face-off to start the game and to restart the game after a goal has been scored.

Great Circle: A circle described on the surface of a sphere (Earth, for example) so that its plane passes through the center of the sphere.

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Half Center: A dead center that has a portion of the 60 degree cone cut away.

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Live Center: See center, live.