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Hurricanes Promote Playoff Beard-A-Thon Program

 

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The Carolina Hurricanes recently announced a new "Beard-A-Thon" program where fans can grow their own playoff beards or pledge money toward others in the effort.   All proceeds will benefit the  Kids 'N Community Foundation.   The team set up this special webpage with all the information you need to get started.

Hockey playoff beards have been around since the 1980's when the New York Islanders reportedly started the trend.  Since then, many hockey players have carried on the tradition for good luck.   Everyone has their own ideas about the exact rules regarding all of this, including trimming, or whether to trim at all.  Doug Warf talks about that a bit here.

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According to this Wikipedia article, playoff beards have transcended beyond hockey to other major sports.  In Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo players grew "lucky beards" for the duration of the 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs.   Offensive linemen for the New England Patriots grew beards and swore they would not shave until they lost a game during their undefeated run in 2007-08.  In 2008, several players on the Philadelphia Eagles grew beards during the playoffs, including Head Coach Andy Reid and owner Jeffrey Lurie.  Steelers quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger even grew one during this most recent run to the Super Bowl Championship. 

Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy had an interesting article up about this exact subject last season.  Sometimes a player's looks will improve, sometimes not so much.

In case you are thinking of pledging money toward a player and are uncertain about which one to support, here are a few pictures from the 2006 playoff run to help you decide.  (photos from Hyena's Photo site)

 

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Just don't forget to shave when the playoffs are over, because this is what could happen.

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Matt Cullen still has the best (wolf man) playoff beard ever!

I’m totally doing it…. Any excuse to grow a beard is 100% sweet by my book!

by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Apr 11, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am in the process of looking for a job… so I may not be able to keep up the beard for toooo long, but I am defiantly
 not shaving for awhile after tonight!! =)

But then again… I already have a beard, so it will just get really long and scraggly.

by packpigskinfan25 on Apr 11, 2009 11:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really hope the Pens get knocked out early. For the sake of anyone who has to look at the kid’s beard.

by Andrea's evil twin on Apr 11, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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Carolina Hurricanes Roster

# Pos. DOB W H
Zach Boychuk 11 C 10/4/1989 185 5-10
Rod Brind`Amour 17 C 8/9/1970 205 6-1
Brett Carson 27 D 11/29/1985 210 6-4
Erik Cole 26 LW 11/6/1978 205 6-2
Patrick Dwyer 39 RW 6/22/1983 175 5-11
Tim Gleason 6 D 1/29/1983 217 6-0
Jay Harrison 44 D 11/3/1982 211 6-4
Jussi Jokinen 36 LW 4/1/1983 198 5-11
Tom Kostopoulos 29 RW 1/24/1979 200 6-0
Chad LaRose 59 LW 3/27/1982 181 5-10
Manny Legace 34 G 2/4/1973 200 5-10
Justin Peters 60 G 8/30/1986 205 6-1
Alexandre Picard 45 D 7/5/1985 215 6-3
Joni Pitkanen 25 D 9/19/1983 210 6-3
Brian Pothier 5 D 4/15/1977 204 6-0
Tuomo Ruutu 15 LW 2/16/1983 200 6-0
Sergei Samsonov 14 LW 10/27/1978 188 5-8
Eric Staal 12 C 10/29/1984 205 6-4
Brandon Sutter 16 C 2/14/1989 183 6-3
Cam Ward 30 G 2/29/1984 200 6-1
Ray Whitney 13 LW 5/8/1972 180 5-10

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