cheating in face off is huge cuz it gets you the upper hand, but alex smiths( hens face off man) stick was not illegal. It got checked during the game. With the new rule of the refs being able to check sticks whenever they want face off guys always get nailed. Normally after a goal they will check a shooter or a face off guy. Lots of times instead of checking a D pole after a goal they check the others teams face off man. Ours gets checked all the time, its a really time rule the refs use to much