"The Uglies"

Hollywood rolled out the Red Carpet for all it’s pretty people recently. So, it got me thinking… I’ve played sports most of my life and I’ve encountered a lot of “pretty” people myself. Pretty in the Planet of the Apes sense…..as opposed to pretty in the Hollywood sense. When I played senior fastball a few years back, the 4 starting pitchers of one of our rivals would have been Mr’s June through September of the uglypeople.com calendar.

So, I decided maybe it might be time to roll out the red carpet for Hockey’s version of “The Uglies”. The votes have been cast and the accounting firms have done the calculating. The nominees have taken their fair share of ugly pills. Drum roll please……

Best Performance in the roll of Enforcer Punching Bag…… And the winner is…… Gino Odjick. Gino has the perfect combination of sunken eyes, big ears, crooked nose and no teeth. Honorable mention goes to Tim Hunter.

Ugliest Hockey Jersey EVER… And the loser is...this ugly thing.

Proudly worn by the Vancouver Canucks.

Ugliest 50-goal scorer. Washington Capital Alex Ovechkin

Best (worst?) Look-a-like….. Mike Ricci Worst Hockey Hair….. Sorry, this one is a tie between the Duck's George Parros and Jaromir Jagr. Nice mullet!

Ugliest dude in a hockey movie - From Slapshot, Ogieeeeeeeeeeeee Ogilthorpe

Coolest Ugly Dudes in a Hockey Movie…..Also from Slapshot, THE Hanson’s - "old time hockey. Just like Eddie Shore".

And the final Award….the Award for Best Recipient of a Darian Hatcher Elbow - Jeremy Roenick
The Academy would like to thank those who cast their votes.

The Tailgater would like to thank Google for providing all the photos of the winners and losers. This post was a light hearted look at the game of hockey and many of the game's heroes. Only some hockey players were hurt.