The Philadelphia Flyers are encouraging fans to "grow one for the team" and participate in one of hockey's most visible traditions - the playoff beard. The Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon® is an opportunity for fans to grow their own beard and raise money for charity. Proceeds from the 2018 Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon will benefit Flyers Charities.

Participants in the Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon will invite family, friends, and business associates to pledge their playoff beards. By joining the Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon, fans pledge to maintain their beard as long as the Philadelphia Flyers remains in the playoffs. Fans who are unwilling, or unable, to grow playoffs beards, can also pledge their beard grower. For more information, or to enroll in the Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon, please log onto www.beardathon.com/flyers.

Since the Beard-a-thon launched in 2009, hockey fans across North America have raised over $3.5 million for hockey related charities. All donations to the Philadelphia Flyers Beard-a-thon are tax deductible.

About the Playoff Beard

A playoff beard is the superstitious practice of a National Hockey League player not shaving his beard during the Stanley Cup playoffs. The player stops shaving when his team enters the playoffs and does not shave until his team is eliminated or wins the Stanley Cup. It is believed that the tradition was started in the 1980s by the four-time Stanley Cup Champion, New York Islanders. In recent years, other sports and other players have claimed the playoff beard tradition, but it is a hockey, and always will be, a hockey tradition.

About Flyers Charities

Since its inception, Flyers Charities has contributed more than $27M to non-profits throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region that provide educational and recreational resources to underserved youth, engage in important medical and healthcare research, and countless community development initiatives.