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    Hockey facial hair: the real thing

    The playoff beard is an overrated phenomenon. I’m sorry. Not shaving: anyone can do it. Now, the cultivation of a handsome mustache is another matter. And the NHL might lay claim to the first truly great mustache of the modern era in professional sports: Derek Sanderson’s 1970-71 season display, here memorialized on a classic Sports Illustrated cover:

    Battle of the beards

    Who scores the highest for their playoff scruff? You get to decide in our 2009 NHL Playoff Poll.