Washington Times · Oct 8, 2017
Nathan Walker, NHL’s first Australian, scores in debut
Washington Capitals left wing Nathan Walker (79), of Australia, skates during the third period of a NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, in Washington. The Capitals won 6-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)As a boy, Capitals forward Nathan Walker fashioned his own homemade hockey goals out of PVC pipe — despite knowing his contraptions wouldn’t last long — so that he could don his inline skates and practice shooting pucks in his garage.
He was obsessed with hockey — despite the sport’s relative obscurity in Walker’s native Australia.