The Secret of My Success

From Russo's Blog:

As I alluded to yesterday, most Wild players will be growing mustache's this month during Movember (check out Movember.Com). Defenseman Nick Schultz came up with the idea to raise awareness for cancer and to honor his friend's father, Hugh, who has prostate cancer. Since players began growing the stache's last week, the Wild's won two games.

Schultz went onto Movember.Com yesterday, registered the Wild, calling the team the Minnesota Mo-Bros, and made a sizeable donation in the name of the Wild.

There are strict rules for Movember in the Wild's changing room.

"There is to be no joining of the Mo to sideburns. That's a beard"

AND

"There is to be no joining of the handlebars. That's a goatee"

AND

"A small complimentary growth under the bottom lip IS allowed." In other words, a Brian Rolston-like, Mark Parrish-like soul patch is permitted.

There's even a style guide in the changing room demonstrating different stache's, like the "Trucker," the "Rock Star," the Abracadabra," etc., etc., and some less politically correct ones taken off movember.com's web site.

So far Brent Burns has the coolest as you'll see tonight. Greg Zanon and Cal Clutterbuck have great ones. Nick Schultz is a little upset because players cheated and started early. You were supposed to start clean-shaven on Nov. 1, so that's why Schultz's is kind of light and thin. In fact, Schultz has such blondish facial hair, he's thinking of dying his stache so people can see his.

I'll write more about this tomorrow. Some funny lines around.


All laughs aside, it's for a good cause; the Wild continue to win with them.



I kid, I kid.