Why is hockey hair called salad?

Meyer had the classic “flow” defined in a second ESPN video as “long, straight, beautiful hockey hair,” while Loe has more of a “salad,” defined as “thick, often curly, always awesome.” “I love it,” Doell said, “especially being a guy who had long hair.”
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Why do hockey players call hair salad?

Salad: A short but nice head of hair. "Hayes is having trouble maintaining his salad now that his hairline is receding." Sauce: A saucer pass. A touch pass that involves floating the puck over an opposing player's stick like a flying saucer before landing on the ice just before the blade of a teammate's stick.
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Is salad a nickname for hair?

"Lettuce" is hair. So is "salad." And "chop." You'll need to know this to hang in the hockey hair game.
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What is salad hair?

Salad Hair is a UGC hat published in the avatar shop by MyUsernamesThis on March 19, 2020. It can be purchased for 50 Robux. As of September 26, 2020, it has been purchased 2,658 times and favorited 1,398 times.
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What is hockey hair called?

Long in the back is a given, but the sides can be kept neat and trimmed—a look we know as the mullet. Most hockey hair is related to the mullet. Designs can be shaved into the sides. If a player continues to rock the mullet as he begins to go bald, it becomes a skullet.
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2020 Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team presented by Great Clips.



What does lettuce mean in hockey?

Lettuce: hair, on the head and the face. Light the Lamp: scoring a goal — a red light goes off behind the net when a team scores a goal. Lip lettuce: a mustache.
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What is a Tilly in hockey?

Tilly: Oh look, it's another word for a fight!
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Why do so many hockey players have mullets?

It was a natural fit for hockey players who wanted to keep the back of their necks warm while playing in frigid temperatures while also keeping their hair short on top to make sure their helmet stayed snug. Much like buzz cuts in the 50s, Afros in the 60s, shaggy in the 70s, the 80s belonged to the Mullet.
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Why do hockey players have long hair?

According to Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug, the reason why many players grow their hair long is so they stand out even when their helmets are on. “We have to wear a helmet at all times,” he told ESPN.
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Are mullets a hockey thing?

Members of the USPHL Premier Midwest Division. The Minnesota Mullets are a Junior A hockey team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Mullets skate out of Augsburg University Ice Arena.
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What does Chel mean in hockey?

Chel (noun) – Hockey players slang for the NHL video game series. Chiclets (noun) – A hockey player's teeth or lack thereof. See Also jibs.
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What is a pigeon in hockey?

Pigeon: a player who can't score on his own and relies on others to feed him the puck or pick up the garbage. Pipe: the goal post. Pinch: when a defenseman moves into the offensive zone in an attempt to keep the puck inside the zone.
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Why is a hockey puck called a biscuit?

The first known printed reference was in Montreal, in 1876 (Montreal Gazette of February 7, 1876), just a year after the first indoor game was played there. A hockey puck is also referred to colloquially as a "biscuit". To put the "biscuit in the basket" (colloquial for the goal) is to score a goal.
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What is a donut in hockey?

Donut Hockey is played on a playing field with three field players and one goalkeeper per team and is directed by a referee . The rules are made up of floorball, ringette and ice hockey. A soft, slippery ring (donut) is using sticks dribbled , fit and fired into an opponent's goal.
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What does clap bomb mean?

The Clap Bomb is a deployable explosive fortification. It appears as glass bottle filled with nails with an armed IED device attached on the side. It can be obtained from item spawns and supply drops. The Clap Bomb requires only one swing to be deployed.
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What does grinder mean in hockey?

Grinder: A type of player known for his checking ability and work ethic; often associated with a player who is strong defensively, but who doesn't score many points.
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Who has the best hair in hockey?

1. Barry Melrose. The clear cut best flow in hockey has to go to Barry Melrose. He too, like many others on this list, has traditional, elegant and long flowing hair that is combed back towards the shoulders.
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Why do hockey players grow beards?

A playoff beard is the superstitious practice of male athletes not shaving their beards during the playoffs. Playoff beards were introduced by ice hockey players participating in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and are now a tradition in many sports leagues.
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What does hockey hair mean?

It is typically some variation of a mullet with a little extra grease, that typically appears beginning in junior hockey. Urban Dictionary explains it as “long, untamed hair usually capped with a hat with wings of hair flowing and curling up from under it.
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How do you keep your hair back under a hockey helmet?

Prewrap is the way to go. Bandana's are way to think of a band in my helmet, and the thin headbands sometimes slip back. I also sometimes go with a underarmor skullcap, it keeps everything away from the face, but it also hot sometimes. But my mainstay is prewrap.
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What is a donkey in hockey?

Donk. To mess around, or act like an ass; to have fun fooling around during hockey practice, instead of dilligently training/drilling. e.g. "I could donk all day boys" Hockey slang. Donkey juice.
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What does biscuit in the basket mean?

English translation: to achieve results.
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What is a apple in hockey?

Apple. A slang term for an assist. Assist. Attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate.
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