How do I win a faceoff in nhl 14?

Try watching the refs hand, if you react to early or late the face off will almost always go to the rival team. Also if the connection is bad, try pressing up on the left stick to lock up with your opponent and let your wingers try to come in and snag the puck. Hope this helps!

The faceoffs are ridiculous this year. I can win 100% of them at rookie level even with the slider all the way up. If I play on pro difficulty, even with the slider all the way down, I average 3%. This is a problem. I'm too good to play rookie because I win every game easily which makes it boring. On the other hand, pro is much more challenging, but I'm not going to play if I can't ever win faceoffs. Maybe this will be addressed in a tuner set or patch eventually.

I have same issue. 

On Pro ive won 2 faceoffs only in 10 games! 

On rookie i win 100% 

Please fix!

What is your faceoff rating for your character?

I've helped many people with this problem. It's provingto become a large problem in the community but I have a simple solution for everybody having this issue. 

• Moving the right stick to your back hand works the best because it's the quickest motion. 
• The moment the referee moves his arm to drop the puck pull down on the stick. 
• NHL 14 faceoffs is 100% timing and if your opponent flicks the right stick down before you he will win the faceoff.

Hope this helps everyone, Now go win some faceoffs! Have a great night everybody. 😕mileyhappy:

xLouix

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I find that if you hold the right stick left or right as soon as you line up for the faceoff and then press up on right stick as soon as ref goes to drop puck that I've been winning 65% of my draws while using hybrid controls.Hope this helps...

Use the In game tutorial mini game to perfect your craft.

Hey everyone. not to be a wiseguy, but I finaly opened up the manual on the game and read faceoff. I read it and now I'm winning most of my face offs on pro.It's pretty simple actualy.If my center is a right handed I hold the right stick to the right before the ref drops the puck. then draw back on the same right stick when he drops. For a left handed center it's just the opposite grip. Hold the right stick to the left for the grip and pull down when the ref drops the puck. Also I never touch the left stick during a face off. I have GREAT results. hope this helps everyone. Sincerely yours, Puck Bettman