Hair’s to You, Kerry Fraser
FanHouse’s Christopher Botta reports
from Flyers training camp.

VOORHEES, NJ - Kerry Fraser was a
visitor at Philadelphia Flyers camp on
Tuesday. This was not out of the ordinary,
as Fraser lives near the Flyers’ South
Jersey practice facility and often gets in a
skate or a workout there. What made
Tuesday special for this reporter was the
appearance of an iconic piece of hockey
lore.

“I have it with me today,” said Fraser. “Do
you want me to go get it?”

Oh ... my ... God. Was the NHL‘s most
recognizable referee kidding? Of course!
Moments later, Fraser presented a 64-
ounce bottle of Paul Mitchell Sculpting
Spray. I dropped to my knees in awe.
This Big Gulp-sized dispenser of follicular
legend is where it all begins for Fraser.
This is the bottle he keeps at his home
base in New Jersey. Before he leaves on
road trips, he pours the heavenly
hairspray into airport-security approved 4-
ounce bottles. Many of them, of that you
can be sure.

“Helmet in a jug,” Fraser called it.
The 57-year old referee, retiring after this
season, knows he is more famous for his
lustrous mane than his officiating in the
NHL over 29 years. Asked if he ever gets
requests to touch his hair, Fraser
responded, “At least a dozen times a day.
Everyone wants to take pictures with it,
too.” (Humbled in the presence of his own
hair, even Fraser acknowledges “it,” and
not he, is the star of this show).
Fraser traces the, uh, roots of his
generational hairstyle to Rendezvous ‘87,
when an NHL all-star squad battled the
Russian National team in Quebec City.
Prior to the big series, he had “more of a
Beatles haircut,” he said. “I wanted to be
taken seriously. As a referee, you have to
sell the call. I wanted to look more
mature, less boyish.”

Having trouble controlling the new ‘do, the
hairspray was added a week later when
regular-season play resumed. For his first
game back, Fraser generously sprayed
on the Paul Mitchell Freeze & Shine.
“Pat Price was with the Rangers then,”
said the ref. “When the anthem ended
and the houselights at the Garden came
on, Pricey did a double take. He said to
me, ‘Hey Kerry, what did you do, drive
here in a convertible?’ ”

The Sarnia, Ontario native reports that his
three sons — his hair apparents, of
course — inherited his gene for small
foreheads. Fraser said there have been
very few sightings of his locks in an unruly
state.

“I was at a spa once in Mont Tremblant in
Quebec,” he recalled. “I came out of the
steam room and I guess my hair was a
mess. These young men came up to me
looking shocked and one of them said,
‘Mr. Fraser, I have never seen you
looking like this!’ I asked them to please
not take any pictures.”

Fraser switched from PM’s Freeze &
Shine to the Sculpting Spray in the mid-
‘90s. “You have to make adjustments
sometimes,” he said. “The Sculpting
Spray really gets the job done.”

The dynasty ended in 2006, when the
Collective Bargaining Agreement with
officials mandated helmets. Said Fraser,
“They covered up the national treasure.”

But the 64-ounce Holy Grail for hair
spritzes on.

http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/09/16/hairs-t...u-kerry-fraser/

Anyone see the video by TSN a few years back when Fraser was required to wear a helmet after the new CBA was signed. He has a great sense of humor towards himself in the video. I looked on TSN and YouTube but couldn't find it.

:rotflmao: :thumbsup:

his legendary hair will be missed.. the last ref who can take a joke....