Starting Six

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The starting line- up in ice hockey, floorball and other related sports is named as the Starting Six . This starting formation carries out the first face-off in a game. The starting line-up in both sports usually consists of one goalkeeper, two defenders and three forwards.

Starting Six

Field ready to play

All players and coaches are on the players bench immediately before the start of the game, so that the field is empty and ready to play. The referees position themselves next to each other in front of the game secretariat, which is at the level of the center line. The speaker is then obliged to present the Starting Six.

Starting Six

The presentation of the Starting Six always begins with the visiting team and ends with the home team. If the referees have not been introduced between the two teams, they will be presented after the starting six of the home team.

During the presentation, the players are called by name, first name and shirt number. The hall is often darkened for this purpose. The presentation must take place in this order: 

  1. Goalkeeper
  2. Defense 1
  3. Defense 2
  4. Attack 1
  5. Attack 2
  6. Attack 3

Itemized list

  1. a b c Instruction "Starting 6". (PDF) Swiss Unihockey , September 2013, accessed on March 7, 2017 .