Rick BERRY
Shoots: Left
Height: 6' 02"
Weight:200 lbs
Born: November 4, 1978 - Brandon, Manitoba
Transactions
Colorado's third choice (55th overall) in the 1997 Entry Draft
Career
Concluded his second professional season by being voted Hershey's top defenseman for 1999-00...
Established professional career highs in games played (64), goals (9), assists (16), and points (25) in 1999-00...
Finished second among Hershey rearguards in goals and points...
His 148 penalty minutes were second on the roster to Scott Parker (206)...
Led the Hershey Bears in penalty minutes during the 1998-99 season...
Played in all 72 games for Seattle during the 1996-97 season...
Helped the Thunderbirds win the WHL's Western Conference title that season, the first conference title in the history of major junior hockey in Seattle...
Summer training regimine included conquering the summit of 14,255-foot Longs Peak, one of the 58 "fourteeners" in Colorado...
Vacationed this past summer in Cancun, Mexico with Brian White, Brad Larsen, and Dan Hinote...
Also spends his offseasons playing golf and helping his dad on their farm in Birtle, Manitoba...
Favorite other sport is golf, and Rick boasts a five handicap...
Pre-game ritual includes yelling before he goes onto the ice...
Boyhood idol growing up was Paul Coffey...
Nickname is "Bears".
