Last night, I watched the Flyers and Islanders battle it out in Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals on NHL Network. One of the things that I couldn’t help noticing were the awesome mustaches, such as those sported by Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies. Sadly, they just don’t grow ‘em like that anymore. The only mustachioed man who immediately comes to mind among current NHL players belongs to the Ducks: George Parros.
Is there a player out there who can raise the bar on mustaches? (Those nasty Oreo cookie mustaches don’t count, either.) Olie had a good start almost twenty years ago, but he eventually added the goatee before eschewing facial hair altogether. Playoff beards also don’t count, even if Ovechkin did win “Playoff Beard of the Month” from PlayoffBeard.com. Since trends are cyclical, it’s only a matter of time before mustache fashion is back. And I don’t want to see those pencil-thin late ’80s mustaches. Think Soup Nazi as opposed to John Waters.
Given Leafs C Jiri Tlusty’s recent naughty photo incident, maybe he should start growing a big ol’ mustache for that disguised look (but not too Rollie Fingers or anything). Just a thought.
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Well ya can’t spell “Tlusty” without “lusty”!
Every Day Should be Saturday (possibly NSFW), a great college football blog, has Mustache Wednesday every week.
Well, I have grown a ‘handle bar’ mustache (think Hulk Hogan), but the Mrs. Does not like it at all.
It is worth a few chuckles though.
My only comment after another “we played well, but we just didn’t get the breaks” loss is that every Caps player should now grow a luxurious and impressive moustache.
Let Clark lead the way, as a Red Sox fan. They had some serious facial hair, as a club, during their 2004 run.
pepper- couldn’t agree more!
Maxime Talbot from the Pens is currently rocking the Fu Manchu.
Honestly, I cannot believe that you just posted an article on The Hockey Mustache without mentioning the “King” of the hockey mustache, Lanny McDonald!
Shame on you!
Tyler
NHL Digest
Oi! Hulk Hogan never had a handlebar mustache. Handlebar mustaches have looong hair that actually comes out away from your face.
You might also want to check out this post:
http://www.nhldigest.com/the-canadiens-magazine/
Seeing him now, you would never know that Habs’ GM Bob Gainey sported a nice perm and mustache back in the day!
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