What is the beard play -off?

The Playoff Beard is a superstitious tradition among the North American sports teams, especially in the National Hockey League teams (NHL), in which players do not shave their hair on their face while competing in Postseason to bring their teams luck. This practice was launched by the New York Islanders NHL in 1980 and has since become a ritual among most NHL teams. The tradition of the playoffs was even admitted by some athletes in other professional and non-professional sports, although it did not achieve the same popularity as it has among hockey players. Many NHL fans show the support of their favorite team by grown by Play -off's beard, sometimes as part of an initiative for charity fundraising. Players of this NHL team started to avoid razors collectively when they entered the play -off, and a few weeks later they won the National League Championship. To convince the Seated that their beard brought them happiness, they had practiced Postseason during the next period. In 1984 the islanders won four consecutive championships and beard play -ofF were firmly founded as postseason NHL traditions. At the beginning of the 21st century, players from almost every NHL team can be seen as the germinating hair of the face when they enter the play -off, with the most outrageous results often become the subject of discussion about a sports talk show.

athletes in other sports, professional and unprofessional, and regularly occupied the tradition of playoffs. In particular, it was sometimes seen among players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL), as well as those in the Major League baseball teams. Overall, however, the habit has never reached the same level of popularity among the athletes from these sports, as it enjoys among hockey players.

Many NHL fans have decided to show support for their favorite franchise by growing their beard together with this team. Like players, these fans will shave beard only after their team won the championship or was from play -off inyloučen. Some fans grow the Play -off beard as part of the initiative for charity fundraising. In general, these initiatives include consent to the growth of beard in exchange for cash promises that may come from family members, friends, colleagues, etc. These promises are then donated to a charity organization that can be selected by the fan itself or can be selected by philanthropic arm of its favorite NHL organization.