Not sure if it's true or not but John Tonelli told me at a golf tourney once the playoff beard was a rip off of tennis star Bjorn Borg not shaving in grand slams in the 70's, apparently Denis Potvin stood up in the room one day and asked every player not to shave for luck, they won the cup and a superstition was born.
Maybe someone else can chime in if this was true or maybe John was just drinking too much and pulling my leg.
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