Ohio defenseman Tom Pokorney (#4) skates down the ice during a game against Illinois on Feb. 5.
Bio Box:
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 160 pounds
Hometown: Rocky River, Ohio
Played hockey since: 4 years old
Favorite team: Chicago Blackhawks
Favorite player: Patrick Kane
Tyler Harkins has friends in all sorts of places.
But Harkins, an incoming forward at Ohio, has one particularly famous connection that plays nowhere near Bird Arena.
Patrick Kane, the three-time Stanley Cup winner and star winger for the Chicago Blackhawks, is a friend of the Harkins family.