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Rod Tocco

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
St. Clair Shores, Mich.

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 191

Position:
Goaltender

Birthdate:
10/18/1982

Experience:
2L

Last Team:
MSU Club

Career: Spent three seasons as MSU's third-string goaltender.

2004-05: Marked his third season on the Spartan roster • Earned MSU's Blue Line Club President's Award at the team banquet • Made the Dean's List in the fall of 2004 • Selected to All-Big Ten Academic At-Large Team.

2003-04: MSU's back-up goalie • Did not see any game action • Earned first letter • Selected to All-Big Ten Academic At-Large Team.

2002-03: MSU's back-up goalie • Did not see any game action.

PRIOR TO MSU: Member of the MSU Club Team in 2001-02 • Spent the 2000-01 season with the Metro Jets of the Central States Hockey League • Team captured the regular season and playoff championship in 2000-01.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 18, 1982 • Majoring in turf/crop and soil sciences • Would like to become a golf course superintendent or do research in the field of turf • Enjoys music and sports • Graduated from Lake Shore High School • Nickname is "Hot Rod" • Lists "Friends" as his favorite television show and "Slapshot" as his favorite movie • Son of Rod and Dawn Tocco • Favorite NHL Team: Detroit Red Wings • Favorite NHL player: Curtis Joseph • Says his father is his idol because "he has experienced so much and is always someone great to talk to, and after his heart surgery his perseverance makes me proud" • Spent the summer of 2003 working at the Bel-Air Golf and Country Club in Los Angeles.