To make matters worse, he sprayed startled patients with a fire extinguisher thinking they were his teammates.

Disgraced Canadian teenager Chris Stewardson was arrested and reprimanded by Police and team officials for what was apparently a drunken rampage.

It is understood his coach confined him to the base until the next flight out.

Stewardson had thought he would walk back to the US Navy base -- where the team was staying -- after a night on the town with players on Monday, The Royal Gazette understands.

Believing he was somehow there when he reached the Foot-of-The-Lane roundabout, he walked up the driveway of Agape House.

And thinking it was his lodgings and that teammates had locked him out, he shattered two windows of the house with a fire extinguisher and climbed in.

To "get back at them'', he showered two patients with the yellow-powder fire extinguisher believing they were his teammates.

Hospice coordinator Mrs. Hilary Soares told yesterday how the midnight incident had frightened patients and resulted in hundreds of dollars worth of damage.

But she said the Royal Military College of Canada team, on tour in Bermuda this week, had given her a cheque for $1,000 to repair the damage. And patients seemed to have recovered from the ordeal.

"They were more surprised and anxious than anything,'' she said.

The sprayed rooms had been cleaned up and were livable, she added.

The nurse on duty had called security and Police after Stewardson busted in, Mrs. Soares said. "He apparently had said to someone he thought he was breaking into the US Naval Air Station. I think they would have taken a much dimmer view than us.'' A Police spokesman confirmed the 19-year-old had been arrested on Monday.

He admitted causing the damage and was formally cautioned, Sgt. Roseanda Jones said.

After the team compensated the hospice for the damage, Hospital officials and Police agreed not to proceed with charges, which was not unusual in the situation, she said.

Teammate Mr. James Duquette who, ironically, was on his way to Agape House yesterday for a school AIDS project, said the incident had been totally out of character for Mr. Stewardson.

"He was very embarrassed and sorry about it,'' he said. "He wants to do anything to make up for it.'' The player had been forbidden to drink alcohol on tour again, he said.

Mr. Duquette said he had heard Bermuda had the second highest number of AIDS cases per capita and thought it would be a good place to do his project on since he would be here on tour.

"I guess I don't know if I'll be very welcome there anymore,'' he remarked.