Today I was able to witness several of the Colorado Avalanche players getting their head shaved! It was all in the name of charity of course. They participated in the St. Baldrick’s Day event to help raise money for childhood cancer research. I’d say about half of the team is now bald! This morning John-Michael Liles, Ian Laperriere, Ben Guite and Tony Granato had their heads shaved at one St. Baldrick’s event. I was unable to attend that event, but I was able to see the later event which involved more players.

The players I saw getting shaved were: Kurt Sauer, Andrew Brunette, Cody McCormick, Cody McLeod, Kyle Cumiskey, Paul Stastny, Wojtek Wolski, Adam Foote, David Jones, Scott Parker, Peter Budaj and Jeff Finger. The afternoon was filled with entertaining moments, most notably when it came time for Wojtek Wolski to sit in the hot seat. He was one of the later players to get his head shaved and the whole time he watched his teammates he kept running his hands through his hair. It was clear that he was not so sure about this, but he went through with it anyway.

It didn’t help that Altitude reporter Kyle Keefe went out of his way to make Wolski look ridiculous. We couldn’t help but laugh at how ridiculous he looked at one point and Wolski looked over to us and said, “Oh no. They’re laughing at me, it must be really bad!” As someone else took over and it began to look more normal, we assured him that it looked fine. As soon as he was done, he slipped on a hat and left the stage.

Probably the most drastic change was Scott Parker. I wasn’t on time to see his goatee shaved off, so when I arrived I had to do a double take when I saw him. Who would’ve thought Mr. Sheriff, the tough enforcer would have such a baby face! I really didn’t recognize him at first:

Jeff Finger ended up with a little mohawk personally styled by Scott Parker.

All in all, it was a very fun event. I was quite impressed with how many players sacrificed their hair in the name of charity. Part of me wishes I was brave enough to shave my head, but mostly I’m glad I’m such a chicken…I don’t think I’d look good hairless. Another great part of it was to see how nice Scott Parker is off the ice, given his tough on-ice persona. I’m glad I was able to witness this event because it was both funny and heartwarming. A lot of money was raised to help support childhood cancer research and that’s what is most important. But I’m not gonna lie, watching Wolski sweat it out while he waited to get his head shaved provided a lot of entertainment for my friends and I.