The Stanley Cup playoff beard has been an NHL tradition since the early 1980s, when the shaggy New York Islanders won four straight championships. It represents the players’ singular focus ...

It was a childhood straight out of Slap Shot, save for the part about a closing mill. All through high school, Corsino felt ...

Hockey players grow playoff beards each spring. Maybe the Yankees need their own playoff beards to win their first World Series title since 2009.

So he knows a thing or two about big beards. Cole, now in his second season with the Avalanche, begins growing his playoff beard at the start of the season in October — if he believes he’s on ...