Former Vernon Vipers forward Odeen Tufto have been named to the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team.
Tufto was is in his third season at Quinnipiac University before COVID-19 cancelled the 2019-20 season. Tufto played one season in the United States Hockey League (2016-17) with three different teams (Fargo, Tri-City & Sioux City) before joining Quinnipiac University in 2017. Tufto played one season in Vernon (2015-16) before leaving the team over the summer to join the United States Hockey League (USHL) Fargo Force. In 57 games with the Vipers Tufto recorded (25-goals-40-assists-65-points).
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This was posted on the Bobcats website:
Tufto, DiLiberatore Named to All-ECAC Hockey Teams
Men's Ice Hockey 3/17/2020 QU Athletic Communications
- ECAC HOCKEY ANNOUNCES ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS
ALBANY, N.Y. – Quinnipiac men's ice hockey placed Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) on the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team and Peter DiLiberatore on the All-ECAC Hockey Third Team, as released by the league office on Tuesday, March 17.
Tufto's second team selection was his second in as many seasons as he was named to the second team in 2018-19, and has now been recognized on an all-league team in each of his first three seasons after an All-Rookie Team selection in 2017-18.
DiLiberatore earned his second straight All-ECAC Hockey honor with his third team selection after he was named to the all-rookie team last season.
Quinnipiac now has 31 all-league selections all-time since joining ECAC Hockey for the 2005-06 season and the Bobcats have had at least one All-ECAC Hockey selection in eight straight seasons since the 2012-13 season.
Tufto was in the midst of yet another impressive season as he finished the 2019-20 regular season with seven goals and an ECAC Hockey leading 31 assists for 38 points in addition to finishing first in ECAC Hockey and 12th in the nation with 371 faceoff wins. His 38 points ranked third in ECAC Hockey and he was also 36th in the nation, and seventh in ECAC Hockey (5th among centers) with a .569 faceoff percentage. He finished the season on a three-game point streak and had three point streaks of four-plus games, including a career-best eight-game point streak from Oct. 19-Nov. 16
He concludes his junior season with 31 goals, 90 assists and 121 points in his 110-game collegiate career. Tufto is the highest scoring junior in the nation with 121 points and 90 assists, while his career average of 1.10 points per game ranked first among the nation's juniors and seniors, while he is tied for fifth among all active NCAA players in assists and tied for eighth in points.
DiLiberatore followed up an impressive rookie season in 2018-19 with an even better year in 2019-20. He set career-highs with six goals and 21 points, first career 20-point season with the Bobcats. He also had a career-high with four power-play goals and tallied 23 blocked shots. DiLiberatore had two point streaks of six games each in 2019-20, the longest point streaks of his career.
In his career, DiLiberatore has racked up 40 career points on nine goals and 31 assists. Six of DiLiberatore's nine goals have come on the power play as he worked his way into the top unit this season. Among sophomore defenseman nationally in two seasons, DiLiberatore is tied for fifth in assists, eighth in points, and 10th in goals. Within ECAC Hockey, DiLiberatore ranks second to only Harvard's Jack Rathbone (14-39-53).
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First Team All-League
Goaltender: Frank Marotte (Clarkson)
Defenseman: Yanni Kaldis (Cornell)
Defenseman: Jack Rathbone (Harvard)
Forward: Morgan Barron (Cornell)
Forward: Nick Abruzzese (Harvard)
Forward: Drew O'Connor (Dartmouth)
Second Team All-League
Goaltender: Owen Savory (RPI)
Defenseman: Will Reilly (RPI)
Defenseman: Connor McCarthy (Clarkson)
Forward: Curtis Hall (Yale)
Forward: Odeen Tufto (Quinnipiac)
Forward: Jack Drury (Harvard)
Third Team All-League
Goaltender: Matthew Galajda (Cornell)
Defenseman: Alex Green (Cornell)
Defenseman: Peter DiLiberatore (Quinnipiac)
Forward: Haralds Egle (Clarkson)
Forward: Josh Dunne (Clarkson)
Forward: Devin Brosseau (Clarkson)
All-Rookie Team
Goaltender: Mitchell Gibson (Harvard)
Defenseman: Henry Thrun (Harvard)
Defenseman: Dylan Anhorn (Union)
Forward: Nick Abruzzese (Harvard)
Forward: Gabriel Seger (Union)
Forward: John Farinacci (Harvard)
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