New Vancouver Canucks player grows a mean mullet for a great cause
It’ll be hard to miss new Vancouver Canucks forward Curtis Douglas and not just because he’s the tallest player in the NHL.
Douglas was picked up off waivers by the Canucks on trade deadline day, which also happens to be his 26th birthday.
Drafted by the Dallas Stars in 2018, Douglas didn’t make his NHL debut until earlier this season with the Tampa Bay Lightning. That call up came after four full seasons in the AHL, where he averaged 125 penalty minutes a year.
Douglas has let his fists do the talking in the NHL this season, racking up more fighting majors (8) than the Canucks have as a team. He has taken on a number of notable combatants in his rookie season, including Tom Wilson and Darnell Nurse.
Another reason why you might take notice of Douglas? He grows a mean mullet.
The Oakville, Ont. native does it every March for a great cause, raising money for mental health.
Douglas has been doing the #AskMeAboutMyMullet initiative since he was with the Toronto Marlies in 2022. His Instagram account links to a GoFundMe fundraiser, in which he has raised over $5,000 for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation.
“You truly never know what someone is going through, mental health is such a difficult and uncomfortable topic to discuss, but these conversations need to be had and can impact a person’s life in such a powerful way,” Douglas says on the GoFundMe page. “Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me. But more importantly, continue to have these tough conversations and check in on your loved ones!”
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We’ll see if the mullet finds its way to Vancouver, but Douglas did say in an interview last year that he’s looking to do it going forward.
“It’s more about the message than the donations, but the GoFundMe is up,” Douglas told the Arizona Daily Star last year, when he was a member of the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners.
“Just raising awareness with the mental health stuff and seeking to help and having those conversations… It’s really a special topic to me, and so it’s been it’s been awesome.”
“Honestly, I think the coolest part about doing it is connecting with the fan base and people coming out to me and sharing their stories and obviously not asking me for feedback, but knowing that I’m there to listen and to be there for them in a sense is really special to me.”