Before Tom Green ever told fans to “unleash the fury”, there was another hockey craze going around in the Washington area that drove fans to extremes for their love of Washington Capitals hockey. If you can remember back to Halloween night of the year 2000, you’ll remember a whole lot of peroxide bleach-blonde hair being unfurled and a cascade of hats raining down onto the ice.
Yes, it was “Zed Head” night at the old MCI Center for the game against the Detroit Red Wings and Richard Zednik, who was freshly reinstated from suspension after breaking Adam Foote‘s nose with a high stick.