• Tufte ranked second in goals (47) and third in points (tied; 78) among Minnesota high school players in 2015-16, his fourth season with the Bengals and second as captain. He earned First Team All-USA honors for his efforts.

• He made the “Let’s Play Hockey” call before a Minnesota Wild game on March 6, 2016, hours after being named Mr. Hockey as the top senior skater in the Minnesota high school circuit.

• Tufte often draws comparisons to Florida Panthers forward Nick Bjugstad, who also wore No. 27 and won the Mr. Hockey award while playing at Blaine on a team with Tufte’s older brother, Gavin.

• The Ham Lake, Minn., native won a silver medal with the United States at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and also represented his country at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial.

• Tufte, who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 11, has committed to the University of Minnesota-Duluth for the fall of 2016.

NEWS:

TUFTE’S MIX OF SIZE, SKILL MAKE HIM INTRIGUING PROSPECT

GETTING TO KNOW RILEY...

Last TV show I binge-watched is: The Bachelor
The celebrity that always makes me laugh is: Will Ferrell
The app I spend way too much time on is: Twitter
At an all-you-can-eat buffet I go straight for the: Pizza
If I could be one person for a day it would be: Will Ferrell
I dream of: Playing in the NHL

STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	P	PIM
2023-2024	COLORADO	AHL	65	21	21	42	89
2023-2024	COLORADO	NHL	5	1	1	2	2
2022-2023	TEXAS	AHL	63	19	16	35	90
2022-2023	DALLAS	NHL	3	0	0	0	0
2021-2022	TEXAS	AHL	54	10	10	20	36
2021-2022	DALLAS	NHL	10	1	0	1	4
2020-2021	TEXAS	AHL	36	3	6	9	32
2019-2020	TEXAS	AHL	53	3	12	15	42
2017-2018	UNITED STATES (2018 WJC Championships)	NATOUR	7	0	3	3	2
2015-2016	FARGO	USHL	27	10	4	14	30
2015-2016	BLAINE	HIGH-MN	25	47	31	78	53
2015-2016	USA U18 (Ivan Hlinka Memorial 2015)	ITLTOUR	4	0	0	0	2
2014-2015	BLAINE	HIGH-MN	24	23	28	51	30
2014-2015	TEAM NORTH EAST (UMWHSEL)	DEFUNCT	21	12	9	21	33
2014-2015	FARGO	USHL	7	1	4	5	2
2014-2015	United States (2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge)	NATOUR	6	0	1	1	4
2013-2014	BLAINE	HIGH-MN	25	17	18	35	26