Minnesota’s All-Hockey Hair 2017 video is here. Of course it’s required viewing. – City Pages

Look no further than last week’s Minnesota boys’ state high school hockey tournament, where cascading mullets, flowing locks, and attempted mustaches have become a tradition as rich as the hockey itself. 

Every year, Edina-born ad exec John King assembles a compilation of the best follicle action at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. The 2017 All-Hockey Hair supercut, currently skating at 120,000-plus views, is destined for viral fame, just like its predecessors.

The video isn’t without bits of contention. Trump, of course, plays a minor role in this year’s edition, and tourney organizers, in supreme kill-joy fashion, criticized it as a distraction earlier this year. But don’t confuse the clip for anything other than what it is: Minnesota’s best, dumbest late-winter tradition. It’s getting national shine, too. ESPN’s own mulleted hockey ace, Barry Melrose, recently highlighted King’s work with “Minneflowta: A Hockey Hair Chronicle.”  

Released Sunday via Game On! Minnesota, this year’s video is titled “Flowetry in Motion.” And that’s exactly what it is.

Enjoy.