Tufto Named First Team All-USCHO
4/15/2021 5:35:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Bobcats' Senior Captain Becomes Fourth Honoree in Program History
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's ice hockey senior Odeen Tufto (Chaska, Minnesota) has been named to the All-USCHO First Team, as announced by USCHO.com on Thursday, April 14.
Tufto is the fourth Bobcat to be named to an All-USCHO Team in in program history, and second to be named to the first team. Tufto joins Eric Hartzell '13 as the only First Team All-USCHO selections in program history. Sam Anas '17 was a two-time All-USCHO Selection, garnering third team honors in 2014-15 and second team in 2015-16, and Andrew Shortridge '20 was selected to the third team in 2018-19.
He is the only ECAC Hockey skater to earn All-CHN honors in 2020-21.
Tufto has a long list of accolades in his senior season as he was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, First Team All-ECAC Hockey and was a Top 10 Finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. He also earned All-College Hockey News Second Team honors.
He posted one of the best seasons in Quinnipiac men's ice hockey history as he led the nation with 39 assists, 1.34 assists per game and 20 power-play assists. Tufto also ranked second nationally with 47 points, 1.62 points per game and 22 power-play points, as well as third with 379 faceoff wins and four with a .624 faceoff percentage.
Tufto ended the season with an eight-game point streak, his second-longest of the season after recording a 12-game point streak from Dec. 19 to Jan. 17 which stood as the second-longest point streak in the nation.
He recorded 15 multi-point efforts, good for the second-most in the nation this season and had six multi-point games for 18 points over his final eight-game point streak.
Tufto guided Quinnipiac to its fifth Cleary Cup as ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champions in the past nine seasons, and the Bobcats appeared in the league championship game for the third time since joining ECAC Hockey.
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First Team All-USCHO
F: Cole Caufield, Wisconsin
F: Shane Pinto, North Dakota
F: Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac
D: Cam York, Michigan
D: Zac Jones, Massachusetts
G: Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
Second Team All-USCHO
F: Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
F: Sampo Ranta, Minnesota
F: Jordan Kawaguchi, North Dakota
D: David Farrance, Boston University
D: Matthew Kessel, Massachusetts
G: Filip Lindberg, Massachusetts
Third Team All-USCHO
F: Matt Boldy, Boston College
F: Colin Bilek, Army West Point
F: Cole Koepke, Minnesota Duluth
D: Matt Kiersted, North Dakota
D: Nick Perbix, St. Cloud State
G: Jack Lafontaine, Minnesota
