NESCAC Hockey Halloween costume ideas

Perhaps you already partook in Halloween debauchery last weekend and got your costume on. Perhaps you are a purist and will wait until this Thursday to dress up, but you already have your costume meticulously planned out. If you already have your nados sharked, your giant Arcade Fire heads paper mached or your Virginia Woolf in sheep's clothing outfit laid out, these suggestions aren't for you.

Maybe you wear the same costume every year.  Or you just don't give a flying expletive and won't dress up at all, thank you very much.

But for those of you that are NESCAC hockey players, fans, students, etc. looking for a last minute costume idea, we've got you covered. Below are some ideas.

Ted Orion from D3: Mighty Ducks  

Sure this was, by far, the worst of the Mighty Ducks movies. A prep school Varsity/JV game as climactic moment? Seriously? But terrible plots aside, we are talking about D-III hockey here, right? And the movie is called D3. Get it? Get it?! Ok, you got it. Plus, throw in the prep school connection and we have the makings of one 'Cacy costume.

And irony is all the rage these days, right? Anyone can be Coach Bombay or Charlie Conway or Goldberg, but no one is expecting you to be a fictitious Minnesota North Stars player that quits the NHL to coach prep school JV hockey in order to take care of his paraplegic daughter. This also has the added benefit of being an easy costume to make.

What you need:
-whistle
-white turtle neck
-Red Jacket with EH taped on 
-hair gel and comb 

Guy Hebert
Speaking of Mighty Ducks, how about everyone's favorite NESCAC player turned NHL franchise starting goaltender. Hamilton alum ('89) and original Mighty Ducks netminder Guy Hebert is already immortalized with a giant face banner in Sage Arena, so why not with a Halloween costume by a Hamilton student? 


What you need:
- Ducks Jersey/Hamilton Hat; or 
-Hamilton Jersey/Ducks Hat 
-if you want to be really authentic, and you happen to have a relationship with current Anaheim Ducks goalie Viktor Fasth, you could get the replica Guy Hebert helmet. 

courtesy Bowdoin

Sid Watson 
As long as we are on school specific costumes, it's probably not advisable to dress up as your current coach for Halloween. But what about paying tribute to a former coaching legend, especially one with an iconic sense of style? Former NFL halfback (Steelers and Washington's NFL team) turned Bowdoin hockey coach (1959-83) and Athletic Director Sid Watson is kind of a big deal in Brunswick, so much so that Bowdoin named their brand new hockey arena after him in 2009.

What you need
-Whistle
-Bowdoin jacket
-Fedora 



Another School's Mascot
It would be quite odd to dress up as your school's mascot. If you are already the mascot, that's just plain lazy. And if you aren't your mascot, people are going to wonder why the hell the school's mascot is at the party. And while we love mascots and are sure many people in the 'Cac share our opinion, we posit that maybe, just maybe, being the school's mascot is seen as a social faux pas by some less open minded students.

But what about other schools' mascots? Again, irony is a thing, right? And there are so many good mascots to choose from in the NESCAC. If you are at a Wesleyan party and a fluorescent anthropomorphized pig in a tri-corner hat shows up, or you are at a Colby party and a rooster in a hockey jersey shows up, you might do a double take. If you are feeling more punk rock, you could dress up as your arch rival school's mascot, such as showing up to an Amherst gathering in a purple cow costume.

Then again, if you are not in college and you are just a diehard fan, you could dress up your kid as your favorite school's mascot, but be prepared for some questions like "What is a Lord Jeff?"

What you need: varies 

Student Athlete
Costumes and celebrating Halloween are well and good, but if you are a NESCAC hockey player, official team activities start the day after Halloween on November 1. That means you might be keeping it low key and forgoing festivities to focus on your studies and rest up before the long awaited first official team practice of the season. 

What you need:
-nose
-grindstone