Of the few things hockey players hold sacred (stick taping rituals, etc), a player’s flow has to be near the top of the list. No one can rock ridic hairstyles like hockey bros (except Charlie Sheen, I mean Rick Vaughn, I mean Wild Thing. Now that was a #winning head of hair). Come playoff season, players aren’t stressing over exams or assigned reading. The more pressing decision is whether to rock the Patrick Kane or the Kenny Powers mullet. Peroxide the whole enchilada or rock the bleached tips. Are Mohawks overdone? (yes) Either way, with the Frozen Four coming up and none of the Hobey Baker Finalists rocking insane styles I’m hoping the four teams competing for the National Championship don’t disappoint. The obvious front-runner for the Best Flow of the Frozen Four has got to be the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. Why are they the favorites? Every single player on the team (minus one who has engagement pictures coming up) has literally gone for the gold by lathering, rinsing and repeating with some good old peroxide giving them the goldiest of locks.
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| Wild Thing #winning |
Now obviously, the actual tourney is a hell of a lot more exciting than the hair so who’s getting that natty? My bet is on the Fighting Sioux. They have the deepest level of talent including Hobey Baker Finalist Matt Frattin and World Juniors hero, Danny Kristo among others among others among others. Danny Kristo is my boy so it’s hard for me to root against him and the rest of the Sioux but their game against the Michigan Wolverines has the potential to be a better game than the actual title game. The Wolverines have one of, if not the best, goalie in the nation in Shawn Hunwick. On a good day he stands taller than the pipes but the kid’s got some serious skills. Michigan is also rolling deep in talent with Chris Brown, Carl Hagelin, Louie Caporusso leading the Wolverines. Neither team is really in the contest against the UMD Bulldogs for the Best Flow but, mark it down, one of these two teams is going to hoist the trophy at center ice.
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| UMD Bulldogs show off their Minnesota Midas Flow |
Notre Dame was honestly a surprise for me to see in the Frozen Four. I had them falling to Merrimack in the first round of the tournament then they beat two of the best teams in the Hockey East. Impressive, no doubt, but I was still surprised. Not as surprised as when the University of No Hardware (New Hampshire, aka the uglier version of Massachusetts or Maine) upset our number one seed Miami Redhawks but I’ll get over that soon enough. UMD I had in the Frozen Four and I really think that, despite my allegiance to the CCHA, the UMD Bulldogs who have faced WCHA teams all year are more capable of moving on to the big show. Plus, who doesn’t want to see those blonde beauties continue their run?
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| The Frozen Four, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. |
Final prediction? UND over Michigan (definitely a close game though) and UMD over Notre Dame. Kills me to not pick my CCHA bros but I’m just being realistic (although how well did that serve me during March Madness?) Natty Champs? Got to be the Fighting Sioux. They may be the Yankees of NCAA hockey but with this years group of talent, it’s hard not to give it to them. Who you got getting that natty in St. Paul, Minny this year?
P.S. check out this (slightly old) video from the Minnesota High School playoffs. Sick flow all around.
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