Number: # 9 (SF) & #45 (Oakland)
Position: Wing (SF) & Goalie (Oakland)
Born: 1961
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 168
Hometown: Concord, CA
Joined Quakes: founding member*

*I'm one of the founding members of the SF Quakes responsible for our first meetings held at the Castro Country Club in the Fall of1996. I suppose I'm one of the founding members of the Oakland based Quakes Duex. I guess I'm one founding Motha F#&%@

Q: How'd ya get into hockey anyway?
A: I watched a friend play in the 1990 Gay Games. It was a medal round game between the LA Blades and a Vancouver team that was thrown together at the last minute. It was an exciting game where the straight guy on Vancouver kept getting penalties. While I had little knowledge of hockey, I thought, "Hey, I could play that game". Karen and I were both looking for a different sport to compete in a future Gay Games. Eight years later we won our 1st game in our Quakes jerseys against the DC Nationals in the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam.

Q: Tell me about your experience with the Quakes.
A: It's been Great. Being a member of the Quakes has been more fulfilling than simply playing hockey because of the friendship and camaraderie (parties and tounament play).

Q: How did your Heine get to be so round?
A: From playing hockey, of course.

Q: Whoís your favorite NHL Goalie?
A: Martan Brodeur (NJ Devils), Evgeni Nabokov (SJ Sharks)

Q: Favorite thing about playing with the Quakes?
A: Tournaments are a favorite. Playing Goalie is another. (I'm allowed to have two favorites because I'm on two teams).

Q: Anything else you would like to share with us today?
A: Quakes Pride! It's gay pride, or gay friendly pride, at the least, while playing hockey - hella-fun!

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