Ryan gave his life to Jesus, while playing in Washington Ryan Walter

yan Walter was born on April 23, 1958, in Westminister, British Columbia. He is a retired professional hockey player who played centre for 15 years. Ryan was also an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks. He was a head coach of the Canadian National Women's hockey team, also a hockey broadcaster and President of the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey

Ryan Walter was highly animated and energetic. Ryan provided a variety of skills and techniques to help his audiences with both personal and professional development. Ryan won the Stanley Cup in 1986 with the Montreal Canadiens. He is a business man and a broadcaster and has lived and experienced why teams win and

Ryan took academic research while taking a Masters Degree in Leadership Business. It had enabled him to do some inspiring presentations; he had created focus around his POWER TRIANGLE TM concept.

Ryan began his performance career early. He was drafted into the NHL, he was picked 2nd overall in 1978. He was a 6 ft, 195 lb. centre as he became the youngest captain in the NHL history in just his second season with the Capitals. He played in over 1,000 NHL games.

Ryan personally experienced how leadership had affected both struggling teams and winning teams. Ryan's career came to a head in two trips to the Stanley Cup Finals, where he won the Cup in 1986, but lost in 1989. Afterwards, Ryan focused all of his energy to business, broadcasting and professional speaking.

Ryan accepted Jesus Christ into his life as his Lord and Savior while with the Washington Capitals. Ryan had been warned to be wary of "that guy," who just happened to be Jean Pronovost; he was a strong Christian who was about to be traded to the Capitals.

When Ryan started to watch Jean, he began to see nothing to be afraid of and he found himself starting to draw closer toward his Christian testimony.

Ryan then started to go to Jean's Bible Studies and not long after, he made a major decision to give his life to Jesus Christ.

Ryan and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons who are hockey players.

His oldest son, Ben, was drafted by the Boston Bruins and he played 24 games in the NHL. Joey played with the Langley Chiefs of the BCHL and the Trinity Western University Spartans, and the third son Ryan Jr., played for the TWU Titans in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 as well as the Liberty University hockey team.

Ryan and Jennifer live in Langley, British Columbia.