The D.A. Show: Bruins Adam McQuaid Talks Mullet
BOSTON (CBS) - Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid has experienced a lot in his brief NHL career, from the 2010 Winter Classic to the 2011 Stanley Cup, but nothing is more popular than his hair.
McQuaid has been sporting a mullet for the last year, which has taken on a life of it's own.
"I didn't realize until the parade, people were chanting 'Mullet' and I'd take my hat off and they would go crazy," McQuaid told 98.5 The Sports Hub's Damon Amendolara Tuesday night. "It's at the point, keep the people happy or get a haircut. I don't know what to do."
McQuiad's mullet originated during the 2010 playoffs when teammate Andrew Ference, who had not scored during the season, told him to go with the "Kenny Powers" look.
"Ference told me 'you could cut your hair and it would look like Kenny Powers and be awesome.' I told him if he scored I'd cut my hair in the mullet," he said.
Ference never scored last season, but when he did this season, it was time for McQuaid to take his hairdo serious.
"It carried on this year. When he did it I started shaping it," said McQuaid. "The original plan was to grow it until (Cuts for A Cause). And then when I got there, nobody let me do it. I had to shave it into even more of a mullet."
"Not in my wildest dreams did I expect people to talk about it," he said. "I plan on cutting it a little bit, but I don't know if I'm going to be able to. I might not be able to come back in September if I do."
The rookie said the fact he is a Stanley Cup champion took some time to sink in, and it really hit him during the rolling rally on Saturday.
"At first I kind of felt overwhelmed by it," McQuaid said of the parade that brought out over a million Bruins fans. "As it went on I felt more comfortable and when it was over I didn't want it to be over."
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"People showed great ovations for every individual guy. A guy like myself, you assume Chara and Thomas will get an ovation, but (to get one) myself that was great," he said.
McQuaid plans to bring the Stanley Cup back home to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island when he gets his day with it. The 24-year-old feels lucky with what he has been able to accomplish so far, but is still thirsty for more when the season begins in October.
"I'm very lucky, very fortunate, very blessed for this to have happened," said McQuaid. "I feel like you win it, and everything that went on you want to do it that much more again. You're lucky, but now maybe we'll go get another one."
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"I've been really fortunate," he continued. "I got called up last year in December and played a couple of games. They kept me around for the winter classic. I didn't play but I got to experience that. Then to start this year, I got to going to Ireland and Prague, I got to be a part of that. And then obviously the Stanley Cup this year. I'm lucky to be a part of a lot of things the organization has done."
