John Kerry

JK Bio from the program:
TEAM LAWMAKERS
Sen. John Kerry/Forward /#1
Height: 6'4"185
Hometown: Boston, MA
College: Yale
Employer: Constituents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Favorite NHL Tema: Boston Bruins
Favorite Band: Rolling Stones
Favorite Meal: Spaghetti Bolognese
Favorite Movie Character: Forrest Gump




WaPo article has a couple of nice photos, too (I took my own photos, but (a) they were farther away and (b) it will take me a while to get any of them uploaded, so I'm glad that WaPo posted these) . About 600 people there, we sat really close-- about 3 rows back. Money went to a good cause: Thurgood Marshall College Fund. WaPo was correct that there was a near-brawl at the end. JK was not involved : ) (if memory serves, he wasn't even on the ice at the time. Other factoids: "Team Lobbyists" had two women on the team.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/john-kerry-leads-lawmakers-to-win-at-congressional-hockey-challenge/2012/03/04/gIQAo4SVrR_blog.html

Once a hockey nut, always a hockey nut.
During his last hockey game on New Year’s Eve, John Kerry suffered a broken nose and black eyes so colorful that he walked around wearing sunglasses. At 68 years old, you’d think Massachusetts’s senior senator might consider giving up the game to concentrate on gentler pursuits. . .like, say, politics.H-E-double-hockey-sticks, no.
“I’m not ready to hang it up,” he told us Sunday. “I love it. It’s a great game and I’m able to still skate — I’ve got two artificial hips and I’m still out there.”

Kerry couldn’t wait to get on the ice Sunday for the 4th Congressional Hockey Challenge, which pits lawmakers against lobbyists. His enthusiasm for the sport earned him mad props from all the other players, even his opponents. “I hope I’m able to get out of bed at his age, much less play hockey,” said UPS’s Nick Lewis.

The lawmakers wanted payback: They won the inaugural game in 2009, then lost to the lobbyists two years in a row. “The pressure’s huge, so this is a revenge game,” said Kerry. Each roster boasted a mix of big names and young ringers (i.e., staffers with serious ice skills.)
. . . The winning team happily passed the silver trophy — none happier than player #1.
“Senator Kerry is an inspiration,” lobbyist Lewis told us. “If we ever say we’re too old for it, we might as well pack it in.”