Natural hockey talent who is undersized and only 170 plus pounds but gifted with four direction skating ability, excellent straight ahead speed and and an aggressive offensive frame of mind. A high end skater adept at jumping on loose pucks, and skating them from his end and also hits the outlet with sharpness. Can make the stretch pass and his elusive in his carries. Can skate around defenders. In his end he will chip pucks around opposing players. Comfortable with holding pucks to draw the opposition to him. Adept at handing pucks with both sides of his blade, and have different gears and good glide in transport.
—Bill Placzek—
