face-off

nouns

a hostile disagreement face-to-face
confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown
(ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
face-off
is derived from
face off
is a part of
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
hockey, hockey game, ice hockey
is a type of (narrower)
the act of starting something
"he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
beginning, commencement, start