IN FRONT OF THE MIC by ADAM HILL
F
MARIAN HOCKEY
low- I’m not talking about the pace of the game or the women who
sells Progressive Insurance. I’m talking about hair. Hockey players
call their hair flow. The term comes from what your hair does
outside of your helmet while flying down the ice. Each player has
their own style and flow.
There are many hair styles that are immediately recognizable
throughout the world. Conan O’Brien has his pompadour hair style.
Dennis Rodman had his crazy colors and designs. Troy Palimalu has
his wild hair that flows out of his helmet.
Of course hockey is no different than any other walk of life. There are
styles that a memorable for all of the right reasons and some for the wrong
reasons. Maurice “The Rocket Richard had the slicked back mobster look. Scott Hartnell has the
Sideshow Bob Fro. Dave Shultz rocked a 70’s mop and nobody was going to tell that bully how
to wear his hair.
My favorite lettuce of all is a time between Jaromir Jagr’s curled mullet of the early 90’s
and Barry Melrose’s super slicked mullet. The image of Yammy raising the Stanley Cup with
his perfect hockey hair is truly unforgettable. You didn’t even need his name or number on his
jersey to know who he was. Barry Melrose maybe one of the sole reasons that there is global
warming, but you have to love his flow when he is giving his game analysis. Everybody knows
his hair and probably wonders how long it takes to get his hockey hair just right, how much hair
product it takes to make perfection.
Of course not all hockey hair is
created equally. Brian Englom’s comb
over mullet either makes you laugh or
feel sorry for him. I wonder if Rogaine has
ever contacted him about endorsing their
product. Bad hair isn’t just relegated to the
folicly challenged. Roberto Luongo has
some nasty flow. Bobby Lou slicks back
his greasy hair to help him prevent greasy
goals. But lucky for him he can hide his
hair under a goalie mask.
The Sabres are no different than any
other hockey team. Some players like to
Junior Rjay Berra and Senior Tanner Burton
keep their hair short and well styled like
Ashton Reinboldt. Some players rock the
hair of Sampson like Brett Campbell did
last season. He had the look of Clay Matthews though he has since cut his mane down.
But the best hair on the team has to be Warren Carter. The dreads coming out from under
his helmet are awesome. His look is Barry Melrose meets Lil Wayne. There isn’t a look quite like
it in all of hockey. You can never forget seeing number 28 hammer somebody to the ice with his
dreads flowing in the wind.
Whose flow is your favorite on the team? Until Next week, it’s your dream you can make
it as big as you want.
SabreHockey
@MU_Mens_Hockey