Richard Walters
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| A Tribe Ice Hockey original, Richie is a
rock on the blue-line for the Tribesmen. The trouble with rocks is that they don’t
move very well, and they aren’t very smart either! Seriously, Richard is a reliable,
if not offensively dangerous, presence on a team that has always needed consistent
defencemen. Rich has a nagging condition which makes it difficult to be fit for every game
but he fights through it with resolute perseverance. Richie has mastered the
"special-Richie-pass" in which the passer makes a very soft flip-like pass
across the length of the ice, through a maze of opponents, to a sleeping, er, waiting
teammate. The success rate of this pass is not terribly high and if it is completed the
recipient usually ends up in the hospital. But hell, we like Rich all the same, especially
when it comes to "shower time" after the game. Famous Quotes: Various times during the season: "Say, this doesn’t taste like ice tea!" [rookies who grasp that honkin’ bottle of what we used to think was ice tea] All times since Tribe’s inception: "Thanks, Richie, for playing defense without whining, and for being a class act on the ice" [A line spoken occasionally, but not nearly enough] May 20th, 1998: "Uh, yeah, nice one, buddy" [The eleventh player asked by Rich Walters if he had seen Rich Walters’ terrific empty net goal, sewing up a Tribe win] Neat little fact about Rich: Not boxers...briefs. Definitely briefs. |
E-Mail: Richard Walters
| Number: 7 | Position: defense & forward |
Age: 27 |
