A sure sign of spring – the Playoff Beard!
We love our sports, we love our teams and what better way to show our support than to join them in their quest for glory by growing a playoff beard. It's what separates the hardcore fan from the casual fan and separates the boys from the men… literally. Let's just say there's a reason why Sidney Crosby is called "Sid the Kid"… more on that later.
Now the key to any playoff beard is you gotta make it look cool. It has to fill out your face – in other words you don't want to go back in time to when you were 14 and thought peach fuzz looked hardcore.
That's one of my best friends, Ian MacKinnon of Energy 101.5FM in Calgary. Now first of all, you can stop laughing… yes he's wearing an Oilers jersey but that's when people actually cheered for the Oilers to win a game and not "Fall for Hall". That's a pretty good playoff beard and one that lasted right up until Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. That's a great starting point, but let's really make a statement…
Thanks to Mike Commodore, we now realize that the playoff beard can be so much cooler if you do a play on words with your team's name. It looks like he came straight out of a Hurricane… either that or he's some sort of caveman. Regardless – it's one of the better playoff beards you'll ever see.
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If you really want to do a play on words… maybe we'll see some Coyotes fans sporting the Joaquin Phoenix look…
Now that's just wild!
What about you older gentlemen? Don't worry, it's still cool to grow out a playoff beard. Even better news – you can throw out your Just for Men Brush-In Colour Gel, you won't need it, despite what Emmitt Smith may say…
Ok the commercial is convincing but considering the playoff beard is more of a hockey tradition, I'd put more stock in what Scott Niedermayer has to say…
Can you really argue with a guy who's won the Stanley Cup? Now THAT is a playoff beard. He looks like a guy who's just finished the most gruelling battle of his life – which essentially sums up the run for the Stanley Cup. So if you're in search for that distinguished look, that's who you should try and look up to.
Which brings me to Sidney Crosby.
Yes he's won a Stanley Cup and helped Canada win the Gold Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He's arguably the greatest hockey player in the world and seems to have that "Midas Touch"… except when it comes to growing a playoff beard. Now don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure he started growing last year's playoff beard during his Memorial Cup run in 2005 with Rimouski.
But does Crosby have the worst playoff beard? He may have some stiff competition…
My good friend Ryder from Wired 96.3 in Saskatoon is trying to decide if he should grow out his playoff beard to support the Saskatoon Blades. At the rate he's going, it may be pretty decent come next year… then again, the playoffs don't start till Saturday so he's got a bit of an early start and has nearly caught up to "Sid the Kid". Seriously, I'm pretty sure I saw a kid in Junior High with more facial hair than Crosby. HA!
So who has the playoff beard?
Ryder or Crosby? Feel free to comment… or just feel free to point and laugh. That works too!
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