Vipers Alumni Tufto Runner-Up For ECHL Rookie Of The Month:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Odeen Tufto was runner-up for the ECHL Rookie

of the Month.

Here is the press release from the ECHL website,

Iowa's Smith named Howies Hockey Tape/ECHL Rookie of the Month

Tufto is in his first season of professional hockey after playing last season at Quinnipiac University. Tufto has split this season between the American Hockey League Syracuse Crunch and the ECHL Orlando Solar Bears. Tufto is pointless in three games with the Crunch and has (2-goals-8-assists-10-points) in 8 games with the Solar Bears.

Tufto played four years 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 career ended at Quinnipiac University.

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 and Sioux City before committing to Quinnipiac University for the 2017-18 season.

Odeen Tufto's Player Profile:

Odeen Tufto - Elite Prospects