ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s unlikely there’s a quieter teammate in the Winnipeg Jets locker-room.
And that made it all the more surprising it was winger Matt Halischuk who bucked one of the unwritten traditions in the NHL — if you’ve got things going your way, don’t shave the beard.
The veteran forward came to work clean-shaven last weekend after the Jets had clinched their Stanley Cup playoff spot. He had grown quite a healthy bloom of facial hair in the stretch drive.
"No, and I’m not really a superstitious guy," Halischuk laughed on the morning of Game 1 at Honda Center, asked about breaking with tradition.