2007-03-02 15:47:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
SUPERSTITION-don't change anything when you are winning. It started with the 1980's Isles.
Also, it has spread to other sports players-Roethlisberger for one.
2007-03-02 15:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The reason why players grow beards in the playoffs is because it is a superstitious thing to shave during the playoffs. If your team is still alive in the playoffs, you don't shave because, if you do, it apparently is bad luck and your team could lose. It's a superstition that every team at every competitive level of hockey takes up for good luck in the playoffs. Thats all it is.
2007-03-03 06:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a superstition in hockey. When the Islanders were good, the players grew beards as a sign of team unity. They decided to keep them during the playoffs. A few other teams copied this, and it became a league-wide thing.
2007-03-06 02:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they either believe that letting their beards grow during playoffs brings good luck, or that shaving them off during play offs brings bad luck. either way ot comes down to the same thing: luck. and most hockey players, at least at that level, are very superstitous!
2007-03-02 20:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Superstition
2007-03-03 04:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by M el F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a cool team thing to do. Everyone knows that theres nothing cooler than a good playoff beard! Die hard fans should even grow playoff beards until their team is eliminated.
2007-03-02 15:53:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bruins Fan 2nd - Hockey Fan 1st 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They are supersticious, Its bad luck to shave during the games
2007-03-02 16:15:47 · answer #7 · answered by Jerry G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Superstition, that and the fact that they don't want to change any one thing, especially when you are winning games.
2007-03-05 04:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by Pray 4 Mojo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they can.
Seriously, it supposedly signifies a sort of "team unity". It is sort of a weird tradition, but one that I truly enjoy. Another reason why the NHL is full of such interesting individuals.
2007-03-02 15:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by MnM 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it's a kind of superstition
2007-03-03 04:36:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋