Tottle began his professional hockey career with the
Dallas Texans, and the
Fort Worth Rangers, in the
United States Hockey League. During the three seasons which the Indians played as the
Syracuse Warriors, he led the team with 187 penalty minutes. After his ten seasons with the Indians/Warriors, he had played the eighth most games (433), in Springfield AHL history, and was inducted into Springfield Hockey Hall of Fame. In his third season in Charlotte, the team was renamed to the
Charlotte Checkers, and Tottle was named its
player-coach. During his fourth season in Charlotte, Tottle played for the
United States men's national ice hockey team in the
1962 Ice Hockey World Championships. He later returned to his home state of Michigan, to play a final season with the
Port Huron Flags in the
International Hockey League in 1962–63. ==Personal life==