Hockey help!

[dragon1952]

Hockey fans.....any idea what the average number of faceoff's are in a typical hockey game? This is for a contest tie-breaker answer.
Thanks in advance :)

[gatemplin]

Just a guess, maybe 45.

[dragon1952]

Wow! That many?

[gatemplin]

Actually, I'm thinking it is probably more than that even though I have never counted, maybe even closer to 60 or 70. There are faceoffs at the beginning of every period, after every icing, offside, two-line pass, penalty, goal, when the puck goes into the upper netting or crowd, timeout, and when the goalie holds the puck, basically everytime play stops, which is a lot.

[Shizelbs]

I would be more likely to go with your second and higher guess.

[dragon1952]

Awright! Thank you one and all. ;)