Standing at a towering 6’6 and over 240 pounds, many a time has Eric Tokke been asked if he plays basketball. While his height certainly helped tower over other children, his physicality led to a lot of fouling out of games. Basketball just wasn’t physical enough for him. This is where the hard hits and physicality of hockey have helped Eric find a place to release all of that anger from his childhood. Despite starting to skate much later than some other hockey players, he is Deceptively quick for his size, has solid stick handling for a player of his age, and shows all the grittiness to check and chase along the boards, really willing to “put in the dirty work” for his teammates.