Gorilla Crouch

One of the things that was mentioned during the playoffs was that Kris Draper looks a bit like Chuck Norris when he’s got the full beard going. So what I decided to do was see what other Red Wings - or hockey related people - look like people who are more famous than your typical NHL’er.

Kris Draper and Chuck Norris

There’s definitely some similarity between the two what with the red hair and beard and looking [in Draper’s case with the bloody eye] reasonably rugged. It helps that Drapes is rockin’ the buzzcut while Chuck is stuck with the John Tesh ‘do. So there’s some similarity there.

Moving on, how about Brett Ledba?

Brett Lebda and Artie Lange

This isn’t really fair to Brett Lebda as he’s nowhere near the slob comedian Artie Lange has become. There’s a little similarity in the hair but they’re not that close. Artie’s numerous chins and pudgy cheeks kill any resemblance.

Okay, neither of these guys are Red Wings or famous celebrities, but the thought had to have entered your head and made you wonder if these two guys were actually the same person.

Paul Kukla and Mo Cheese

We’ll have to get Paul - proprietor of the excellent Kuklas Korner hockey blog - to show us his dance moves to get to the bottom of this one.

Not only is Hank Zetterberg a superstar on the ice, but he’s got movie star looks. Check it out:

Hank Zetterberg and Jaret Leto

This doesn’t really fit because he’s not famous, but my cousin who is currently a student at the U of M law school looks quite a bit like Valtteri Filppula.


Vulcan hair + Punk Rock hair = Valtteri Filppula’s vulcan rock hair style

My cousin Matt doesn’t look that much like Filppula when you include the hair, as Val has a sort of Vulcan Punk-Rock thing going on while my cousin has short-ish but wavy hair. His father [my uncle] had the totally awesome poofed out Jew-fro [think Dr. J if he was a white guy who worked in Detroit as a civilian employee for the Army Corps of Engineers rather than one of the greatest leapers in NBA history] back in the 1970s and my cousin Matt has similar hair but keeps it shorter.


Seriously my uncle’s fro back in the day,
only with brown hair instead of black

But when Fil is wearing his helmet I think he looks pretty similar to my cousin.

Red Wings

August 8th, 2008
Categories: Red Wings . Author: Dave

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