Rule 8 - End Zone Faceoff Spots and Circles

In both end zones and on both sides of each goal, red face-off
spots and circles shall be marked on the ice. The face-off spots
shall be two feet (2') in diameter. Within the face-off spot,
draw two parallel lines three inches (3'') from the top and bottom
of the spot. The area within the two lines shall be painted red,
the remainder shall be painted white.
The circles shall be two inches (2'') wide with a radius of
fifteen feet (15') from the center of the face-off spots. At
the outer edge of both sides of each face-off circle and parallel
to the goal line shall be marked two red lines, two inches (2'')
wide and two feet (2') in length and three feet (3') apart.
One foot away from the outer edge of the face-off spot, two
lines shall be drawn parallel with the sideboards that shall
be four feet (4')in length and eighteen inches (18") apart.
Parallel to the end boards, commencing at the end of the line
nearest to the face-off spot, a line shall extend two feet ten
inches (2'10") in length. All lines shall be two inches
(2") in width.
(b) The location of the face-off spots shall be fixed
in the following manner:
Along a line twenty feet (20') from each goal line and parallel
to it, mark two points twenty-two feet (22') on both sides of
the straight line joining the center of the two goals. Each
such point shall be the center of a face-off spot and circle.

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