Support The 'Stache Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs are taking part in Movember. All of the details, including how to donate, were released in the Dog Bytes Newsletter on Friday.

The Sea Dogs will be joining dozens of other Canadian Hockey League teams taking part in "Movember" - a league-wide initiative in support of men's health and prostate cancer awareness. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men's faces in Canada and around the world.  The annual month-long moustache growing and appreciation charity event helps raise vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer. Sea Dogs staff and players are growing moustaches during the month and will be updating their progress at: http://mobro.co/SeaDogs 

Players will be registered with their clubs under the CHL platform on movember.com and raise sponsorship dollars by growing and grooming their moustache and encouraging monetary donations through family, friends, fans, and local sponsors. Each player will be ranked and each team as a collective will be ranked throughout the CHL. Teams will be competing for the top spot in fundraising dollars and the winner will be presented with a special Movember trophy. The Sea Dogs will also be awarding prizes to players for the best - and worst - moustaches. The Dogs kicked things off with a photo shoot on "shave day" - Nov. 1. This was also the day the team left for its current road trip. Some players, such as Zack Phillips and Danick Gauthier refused to shave existing 'staches due to superstitions about ongoing hot streaks but still wanted to participate in the fun. 

Fans are encouraged to follow the Sea Dogs and their facial hair exploits at http://mobro.co/SeaDogs. Fans can also join the team and donate funds to the initiative.  The funds raised are directed to programs run directly by Movember and men's health partner, Prostate Cancer Canada. In 2010, more than 450,000 "Mo Bros" and "Mo Sistas" came together as Citizens of Movember around the world raising more than $75 million for Movember's global men's health partners.

The Sea Dogs' Movember page can be found here.