By: Caulen Kress
April 13, 2009 01:29 PM

Well, the Penguins are in the playoffs again so it's time to put away the razors for (hopefully) about two months. We're huge hockey fans at 400lb, and last year Clint, Nate and I all let it grow in order to help our team through the most grueling competition in professional sports.

Admittedly, this year I've been debating going through with it again. First off, let's just say I might not be cut out for a "beard." It was the first time I really let it grow, and to very mixed results. I'm not sure I'm ready for the occasional verbal barb directed at my stunted follicles (ok... they might have been a little more than occasional). Second, the Pens fell short of the ultimate goal. While I'm not naive or superstitious enough to believe that a small nation of fans growing their facial hair can actually help a bunch of professionals put a puck in the net, I do believe that my beard has an effect on the teams fate. If they didn't do it last year with my help, why should I go through with it again?

Well, in the three days that I have to ponder the decision, I will be eagerly awaiting the drop of the puck. And googling "playoff beard" to come up with more like this: