Jim Peplinski: Inventor of the Facewash?

[NJD]

http://www.prohockeyfights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3840

"A lot of guys kept their gloves in green garbage bags to keep them soft. They'd do that over the course of the summer so when they came to camp [the gloves] were rancid. You'd get that in your face and it was awful."

Such wonderful, glorious memories. If you close your eyes, you can almost see the Flames and Edmonton Oilers in the heat of their rivalry, scrumming together in angry bunches, gloves on, faces being washed. It's enough to make a referee cry. Is that how you remember it, Jim? Are those the memories that light the corners of your mind?

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[David Bruce Banner]

I'm pretty sure the facewash is as old as the game itself, but Peplinski was one its prime practitioners. His old teammate, Tim Hunter wasn't too shabby either.