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LakeErieMonsters.com caught up with a few of Cleveland’s hirsute hockey stars to discuss the finer points of facial hair …

Do you normally grow a beard and/or playoff beard?
Mike Carman: I kinda keep the beard regularly, but I keep it trimmed up. But I love when playoffs roll around and I don’t have to keep it trimmed up. It’s an excuse to get it a little bushy.

Zach Cohen: Yeah. My beard grows pretty fast so I can grow it pretty long in about a week-and-a-half. Usually, playoff beards are pretty long and get real itchy by the time it’s all said and done.

Brad Malone: Yeah, but because I’m just too lazy. I rock the neck-beard for 50 percent of the year. It just kinda grows that way, so I’m stuck with it.

Hugh Jessiman: Actually, I’ve done mustaches. That’s what I do. I’ve done it when I’ve needed to get out of a slump. I’ve done it all sorts of times during the year – be it, February or whenever. I kinda let my beard grow out and when I feel like shaving, I just do the mustache and I just end up keeping it for a while. I think it is a slump-buster ‘stache.

Does every man secretly WANT to grow a mustache?
Carman: Does everyone? Guys that can, usually do. Not everyone can – you’d be surprised, even at this level.

Cohen: I mean, when you’re out socially, (a mustache) can be looked at kinda creepy, like the guy sitting in the corner staring at people.

Malone: I think it’s a pride thing. I think the bigger and thicker the mustache, the more of a man you are. I think it’s something everyone strives for, but all of us aren’t that lucky.

Who has the best mustache on the team? Who’s got the worst?
Cohen: Carman has an impressive handlebar mustache. He was growing his beard before so he had kind of a head start. The worst one? I probably gotta say it’s Chouinard or Olver. They really can’t grow anything right now. It’s not their fault. They’re trying hard.

Malone: I don’t know if I can pick one guy – it’d probably be between Carman and Jessiman. They’re the top two. I’m not gonna say anyone has the worst because it could be me.

Jessiman: I’d have to say that THIS ginger ‘stache is pretty far up on the list. But I’d say Luke Walker is giving me a run for my money. I’d say the worst ‘stache has to be Joey Hishon. We keep him pretty low-key because it’s pretty greasy. He’s a rookie. He’s got a rookie ‘stache.

Any chance you’ll be keeping the mustache past Movember?
Carman: We’ll see. But I think enough is enough. I’ve had enough of having the hair hanging over into my mouth.

Cohen: Probably. I might as well. My dad wore it for about 40 years. He shaved it a few years ago, so this one is in memory of his.

Jessiman: I thought about it, for sure. It depends on the growth, the length, the bushiness and the outward movement of it. And obviously, it depends on how we do with the ‘stache on as a team. We have several games to make it work and hopefully we’ll get on a good roll and I’ll be able to keep it.

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