[CaptainSuperman]

So say you're a right handed player, when you take a wrist shot, a forehand shot, you circle the (controller) stick to the right. So if you go into a faceoff with your stick to the right, that is your forehand. Notice the posture of your player, cause they look kind of hunched over. When the opponent is backhand, they will have the top of their glove facing out towards you, rather than the palm. But imagine it like this. If they are backhand, they are in a position where if you were to push them, their hand could let go of the stick and be ready to push you back. So that is when you go for a stick lift (up on the right stick). If they are in forehand, with their stick down in a position where they could easily shoot, their wrist is facing up, so if you push up on the left stick, again going to push them, they won't be in a position ready to push back, and you would win that.

So that is the rock/paper/scissors of it all, however, you will always have good odds of winning if going backhand and win it to your defenseman. So remember backhand faceoff is the same as a backhand shot for that player