’Tis the season for the best time of year, the holiday that trumps all others, an annual gift: hockey Halloween.
In case you’re unfamiliar, let me monster-mash it down for you.
Every year in October, your favorite tough, sometimes serious, focused hockey players take one night off from their regularly scheduled non-game night weekends and attend a team costume party. Think: the best party you ever attended in college, but if you were a millionaire with access to a makeup artist. These costumes are not your average Party City get-up-in-a-bag. These are thought-out, elaborate masterpieces—sometimes coordinated with a girlfriend or teammate.