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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Have been in a few charity tourneys with ex-pros. They're usually just regular guys. The best story I recall is Tiger Williams however.

Tiger wasn't on our team, another ex-pro was. But in-between games when we went back to the dressing room to hang out til our next game, Tiger was in there sitting half naked in his gear as he had played a game on a separate sheet of ice. Not sure why he came to our dressing room but ok. Anyway, I'm not sure if he was drunk, I don't think so, but he was pretty belligerent. He basically started questioning an overweight guy on our team why he bothered playing since he was a "fatty", then followed up and asked a similar question to an asian guy on our team because he was, well, I guess asian? It didn't really go over that well. From what I recall he was basically making racial innuendos which is odd because he's half-black. Maybe he was joking though, I dunno. It didn't really come off as joking and nobody was really laughing... it was just an awkward silence with a bunch of shifty eyes.

Fast forward to the next charity tournament the following year. Same tournament. Tiger was there. He ended up getting in a fight and getting tossed from the tourney. An actual fist fight with one of the other teams on the ice. In a charity tournament.

Class act, that Tiger. That isn't even all the stories I have, there were a couple other incidents too. Looking back the whole situation was pretty bizarre.

It's genetic. My grandfather lived in Weyburn where the Williams family was from. I don't recall him saying a bad word about anyone. The one exception being Tiger's Dad. Said he was the biggest ahole he'd ever come across.