Washington Capitals prospect Nathan Walker is aiming to make history by becoming the first Australian player to reach the NHL.
"All my friends back home, the hockey community there, they're all rooting for me." Walker told CSN Mid-Atlantic on Thursday. "Every time I go home, they keep asking me when that first [NHL] game is gonna happen. It's a really close hockey community back home, so it'd be pretty big."
Nathan Walker aims to be first Australian in NHL
Capitals' third-round pick in 2014 coming off solid season in American Hockey League
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