In addition to his playing career, Eliot Antonietti referees in Switzerland.
Eliot Antonietti has achieved a cult reputation in Switzerland. PDO
Defender of the Swiss premier league team Olten Eliot Antonietti has caused a lot of fuss about beards.
Antonietti, 30, has refereed hockey junior matches and has amazed hockey followers with his plush beard. Antoinette has a long, black beard, which is rarely seen on ice hockey referees.
Antonietta is 196 centimeters tall and weighs 107 kilograms. Because of his beard and his size, he has achieved a cult reputation in Switzerland.
Referees have rarely seen beards. of the Swiss Referee by Andreas Fischer according to this is an unwritten rule.
– The referee must not have a visible beard at the professional level. The match belongs to the players. They may have the traditional playoff beards, but the refs don’t, Fischer said to the Swiss Blick.
According to Blick, Fischer and the Swiss premier league cannot force referees to shave their beards because labor law prohibits it.
The Lou Lamoriello Rule
Chief administrator of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF Danny Kurman said that he tells the referees to shave off their beards before big international tournaments. Exceptions can be made based on religion.
In ice hockey, there have been different requirements for beards from time to time for the players as well. Perhaps the most famous is the rule of Lou Lamoriello, who had a long career as a GM in the NHL, according to which players on his team are not allowed to have beards or long hair.
For example Kyle Palmieri transferred to the New York Islanders in the middle of the 2020-2021 season and had to shave off his beard. Palmieri had a bushy beard when he played for the New Jersey Devils.
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