The ECHL Adirondack Thunder have released the list of eight Players
who received a valid qualifying offer, one is former Vernon Vipers
forward Odeen Tufto.Each team was entitled to reserve the rights to a maximum of eight qualified players. Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded. The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 22 at which time the qualifying offer becomes null and void and the team may sign the qualified player to any salary or may elect to take no further action. Teams that extend a valid qualifying offer to a Player shall retain the rights to that qualified player for one playing season. Any Player who has played in more than 190 professional regular-season games is ineligible to receive a Qualifying Offer.
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The league serves as a farm system to the AHL and the National Hockey League (NHL).
Source: https://echlthunder.com/
Tufto split the 2025-26 season with the ECHL Fort Wayne Komets & DEL2 Ravensburg Towerstars.
Tufto started the 2025-26 season with the ECHL Fort Wayne Komets, his second season with the Komets. Tufto was placed on team suspension December 18th 2025, later returned to the team before being traded to ECHL Adirondack Thunder January 1st 2026. Tufto didn't report to the Thunder. Tufto was in his fifth season in the ECHL and the Thunder were his fifth team. Tufto would later sign with the Ravensburg Towerstars. The Towerstars are a professional ice hockey team based in Ravensburg, Germany.
Tufto played four seasons at Quinnipiac University from 2017-2021 before signing his first professional contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning March 31st 2021. The Lightning assigned Tufto to the American Hockey League Syracuse Crunch after his college season ended in 2021. Tufto has never played a game with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tufto played one season in Vernon with the 2015-16 Vernon Vipers. In 57 games with the Vipers, Tufto collected (25-goals-40-assists-65-points). Tufto left the Vipers after one season for the United States Hockey League. Tufto played one season in the USHL with Fargo, Tri-City & Sioux City before committing to Quinnipiac University for the 2017-18 season.
Odeen Tufto's Player Profile:
