Heartlanders Add Vipers Alumni Tufto & Coughlin To Season-Ending Roster:

The ECHL Iowa Heartlanders announced June 24th the team’s Season-

Ending Roster for the 2023-24 season. The Heartlanders have twenty players listed on their Season-Ending Roster, two are former Vernon Vipers forwards Odeen Tufto & Liam Coughlin.

Here is the press release from the Iowa Heartlanders website,

Iowa Heartlanders | Heartlanders announce season-ending roster

Tufto played the 2023-24 season with the Iowa Heartlanders, after signing as a free agent July 14th 2023. In 29 games, Tufto collected (3-goals-19-assists-22-points).

Tufto played the 2022-23 season with the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Krefeld Pinguine. The Pinguine is a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga hockey league. Their home is Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, 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 yet to play for the 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:

Odeen Tufto - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (eliteprospects.com)

Coughlin played the 2023-24 season with the Iowa Heartlanders, signing as a free agent August 14th 2023. In 47 games, Coughlin collected (6-goals-7-assists-13-points).

Coughlin played the previous two seasons with the ECHL Worcester Railers.

Coughlin played four seasons at Vermont University from 2015-2019 before signing his first professional contract with the American Hockey League Rockford IceHogs May 19th 2019.

Coughlin was drafted 130th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in Round 5 at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Coughlin didn't play a game with the Oilers, was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks July 6th 2015. Coughlin has yet to play a game with the Blackhawks.

Coughlin played two seasons in Vernon from 2013-2015. In 107 games with the Vipers, Coughlin collected (38-goals-67-assists-105-points).

Liam Coughlin's Player Profile:

Liam Coughlin - Stats, Contract, Salary & More (eliteprospects.com)