01/21/2004: 
Stuff That Doesn't Suck
Hairstyle That's A Way of Life/Have You Ever Seen A Mullet Wife?
or, Mullet Night II for Manchester Monarchs
from Manchester Union Leader
They thought it might be a "hair-brained" idea from the beginning. Hair today. Gone tomorrow.
They were wrong.
The Manchester Monarchs, who boast the highest attendance of any minor-league hockey team in the country, will once again pay tribute to hockey hair when they host Mullet Night II in the city's Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday, March 12.
The event is back by popular demand.
Last February, a capacity crowd of 9,916 in the Big V saluted former L.A. Kings coach and ESPN pro hockey analyst Barry Melrose for his long dedication to the mullet hairstyle. More than 5,000 mullet wigs in all colors were given to fans. Between periods of that Monarchs' game, Melrose acted as judge. The night's Grand Mullet belonged to 12-year-old Devin Tebo of Derry, who was hailed with a standing ovation.
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They thought it might be a "hair-brained" idea from the beginning. Hair today. Gone tomorrow.They were wrong.
The Manchester Monarchs, who boast the highest attendance of any minor-league hockey team in the country, will once again pay tribute to hockey hair when they host Mullet Night II in the city's Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday, March 12.
The event is back by popular demand.
Last February, a capacity crowd of 9,916 in the Big V saluted former L.A. Kings coach and ESPN pro hockey analyst Barry Melrose for his long dedication to the mullet hairstyle. More than 5,000 mullet wigs in all colors were given to fans. Between periods of that Monarchs' game, Melrose acted as judge. The night's Grand Mullet belonged to 12-year-old Devin Tebo of Derry, who was hailed with a standing ovation.
"Short in the front and long in the back, the mullet hairstyle over the years has come to symbolize the rock-and-roll-will-never-die mentality that lives in every one of us," said Dave Sholow, a Manchester resident and self-proclaimed executive director of the Mullet Hall of Fame - which does not yet have a home.
There's no mistaking Sholow's passion. He sports a shiny blonde, shoulder-length mullet.
Those already enshrined in the Mullet Hall of Fame include pro baseball pitcher Randy Johnson and actor Patrick Swazey, who played a hockey player in the movie "Youngblood."
Eligibility?
"You have to have accomplished something in the sports world, probably not necessarily an athlete, although you could be a current or past athlete," said Monarchs publicist Mike Kalinowski. "You also have been wearing the mullet while doing so."
Asked who votes on hall of fame membership, Kalinowski said: "You're splitting hairs . . . There's no organized voting."
Early favorites are Ron Duguay, the NHL's hearthrob mullet poster boy while playing with the New York Rangers and L.A. Kings; Toronto's Al Iafrate, a credit to chrome-domers with his bald top and mullet down his back; and Jaromir Jagr, whose flowing mullet scored in the 1980s for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan and country vocalist Billy Ray Cyrus should also be among the follicle front-runners.
The Monarchs' mullet mullah is John Crabbe, the team's promotions stylist, so to speak. He admits it was a hairy promotion last season that involved some expense for the team, with the purchase of 5,000-plus wigs directly from China. But the promotion made national news.
Team officials did not say if wigs would be given to fans this year. The Monarchs will be playing the Worcester Ice Cats.
Last year's event certainly turned Monarchs President Jeff Eisenberg into a big hair backer.
"Hockey's what we do, but we can have fun along the way," he said.
5 Annotations Submitted
Wednesday the 21st of January, the vandals noted:
Make it like that famous country singer
Or that guy I saw last night on Jerry Springer
Clean me up but let me keep my edge,
In the day i like to keep it dignified
But at night you know I got another side
And I don't give a damn,
Cause I am what I am
Even if it's really really bad.
I've got an Ape Drape, yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone, that means you
You can drive to Riverside and get one too
Then you'll have an Ape Drape like I do.
I've got hockey hair, yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone, that means you
You can drive to Canada and get one too
Then you'll have hockey hair like I do.
I've got achey-breaky hair, yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone, that means you
You can drive to Nashville and get one too
Then you'll have achey-breaky hair like I do.
I've got a mullet, yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone, that means you
You can drive to Hoboken and get one too
Then you'll have a mullet like I do.
I've got forbidden hair, yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone, that means you
You can drive to Europe and get one too
Then you'll have forbidden hair like I do.
Wednesday the 21st of January, santo26 noted:
i think that the most humorous thing about the article is that manchester has its own hockey team. and it's own corporate- sponsored arena.
does springfield, ma still have a hockey team?
Wednesday the 21st of January, beastie boys noted:
You're coming off like you're Van Damme
You've got Kenny G, in your Trans Am
You've got names like Billy Ray
Now you sing Hip Hop Hooray
Put your Dakleys and your stone wash on
Watching MTV and you mosh on
#1 on the side and don't touch the back
#6 on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack
Shiny chrome rims never rusted
Driving through the tunnel, you might get busted
Never trusted, Mullet head
You know you took that girl to bed
Cruising 8th Street Saturday night
Trying to find a head shop, looking to fight
You've got that stonewash derriere
Spike the top because the week-end is here
You wanna know what's a mullet? well
I got a little story to tell
About a hair style, that's way of life
Have you ever seen a Mullet wife?
Yo, take a chill B, check out my Spillbee
'Cause you don't know about the Mullet head
Cruise in my Iroc, stonewash on my cock
Got it like that 'cause I'm the Mullet head
Put me on trial 'cause I'm worth your while
Pass me the comb 'cause I'm the Mullet man
Read the New York Post, read a story
About Joey Buttafooco in all his glory
They said he tried to freak it with a high school girl
Pimpin' Amy Fisher to the rest of the world
A real lover man, a real Cassanova
Joey got horny and now he's over
Amy got pissed, shot his wife
Joey gest to jail for the rest of his life
Cut the sides, don't touch the back
Wednesday the 21st of January, MulletLover69@aol.com noted:
Business in the front, party in the back!
Wednesday the 21st of January, Abe Froman noted:
Dear Santo,
The Springfield Flacons are in the Atlantic Division of the AHL with the Worcester Icecats, Lowell Lock Monsters, Providence Bruins, Portland Pirates, Hartford Wolf Pack and the subject of conversation here Manchester Mullets... I mean Monarchs.
Nationally the Falcons are an Affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes and the Mullets are associated with the LA Kings.
