Uniform # 13
Date of Birth: April 2, 1967
Age: 33
Height: 6’0"
Weight: undetermined
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Nicknames: Rat, Rodent, El Rodente', Rattis, Willis Rattis, Baron Rattis, Von Rattis, Wilbur, Loser Boy, Jose Rat, Ratetta
Acquired: Via a trade with the Sunset Ridge Fighting Saints 8/30/83
Marital Status: Divorced (thank god) living in Sin
Favorite Food: Chicken and veal parmesan
Favorite Drink: Dr. Pepper
Favorite Sayings: “Where i sBilly's car?" "I hate this plant," "I don't drink for taste, I drink for effect." "I can't feel my face" "I'd butter her muffin" "But Lemon"
Most embarrassing moment: Two words -- Romeo Void -------------------------------------------->
Rat was traded to the East Hartford Kings in the fall of 1983. He had long earned a reputation in the tennis courts as a physical player with a scoring touch. At the tender age of 16, it did not take him long to start dropping bodies and begin to earn the reputation he now so enthusiastically enjoys. His fighting skills have become legendary and he displayed a willingness to use them right from the start, despite the fact he was years younger than many of his victims.
Rat is currently one of the Kings' first team all-stars as a defenseman. However, many of his most outstanding moments came as a goaltender. His strong play in goal helped the Kings win their first championship and his play in Bloomfield's final tournament is the stuff legends are made of. In his final season as a King, Rat has spent much of his time on the disabled list. And like that player that hung around one year too many, he is finally coming to the realization that it's time to get out. He’s washed up. Like Terry O’Rielly, he can’t pass, can’t shoot, can’t fight, can’t run and has a bad elbow and a swollen brain.
Rat will long be remembered for the Blackhawks brawl,
pounding Chris Atkinson’s rib so hard it could be heard clear on the other
side of the parking lot, laying Mike Blair out with the crosscheck of the
gods, getting the only hooking major in Dek-hockey history, spearing Pat
Naughton, being kicked out of Waterbury for fighting too many times, falling
down his cellar stairs at a King party, sleeping in a dumpster behind Hockey
World, dating the Hawkwoman (AKA lead singer from the 80’s group Flock
of Seagulls), not only marrying Cindy but knocking her up three times,
being a co-founder of the animal wrestling league, sleeping in a swamp,
yacking at every Kings party, killing both Kenneth and Mario (pet rats),
passing out on his front lawn, getting kicked out of Plainville for life
for fighting too many times, challenging an entire team to fight him at
one time, knobbing Aubey at the tennis courts, destroying Jim Scott at
Hockanum school, being Richard Kukla’s twin brother, and being one of only
two players in team history to win a championship at forward, defense and
in goal.
