'I Lost A Bet': Is The Blonde Hair The Secret To Martin Necas' Recent Success?

When Martin Necas hit the ice for warmups at PPG Paints Arena at the start of the Carolina Hurricanes' six-game road trip, something was different about him.

Was it confidence? Swagger?

Well, sure, but the biggest thing was the fact that his hair was a different color.

The Czech forward, who's a natural brunette, was skating around with blonde frosted tips.

And the reason for it?

"I lost a bet."

Necas said that he had lost a bet to teammate Brendan Lemieux earlier in the month.

"At first, [Lemieux] was going to have to shave his head, but then we figured out that he didn't have much hair left on his head," Necas said. "So we didn't want him to do that because it might never grow back."

In the end, the two had made a slightly different wager — a bit of money and a date with a box of hair dye — over a stroke play match over at Old Chatham Golf Club and Necas claims that it went all the way to a playoff before he ultimately came up short.

So when he rolled into practice at Invisalign Arena the day of their flight to Pittsburgh, there Necas was in all of his blonde glory.

But with four goals and 10 points since the debut new 'do, many are thinking he should keep the frosted tips.

"We'll see, we'll see. Been pretty good so far, but I don't think it's because of the blonde hair," Necas said, laughing. "I said if we swept the road trip, I'll keep it, but the St. Louis loss..."

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Necas said he's already tried cutting it once to no avail, so at least for now, it seems like it's here to stay.

Superstitions aside though, it has been a tremendous start for the talented forward.

Necas has been deadly at 5v5, on the power play and especially in overtime, helping to set up two game-winners so far.

"I've gotten great opportunities here," Necas said. "Lots of space. Just trying to do my stuff. Play kind of simple, but when I have time, make some plays. Also just playing with great teammates, great linemates and the power play has been kind of good so far. Feeling good."

The Canes need their young players like Necas to really lead the charge this season and so far, that's exactly what they've been getting.

But perhaps a team trip to the salon couldn't hurt either.

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