2009-10 SENIOR SEASON: Team captain ... wrapped up college career with 35 games played as senior ... placed 24 shots on net from the blueline ... tagged for 19 penalties, serving 54 minutes ... blocked a team-high 25 shots, including three in games against RPI (Oct. 16), Robert Morris (Oct. 17) and St. Cloud State (Dec. 5) ... garnered the Coaches Award at the end-of-the-year banquet on March 30 ... named to the WCHA All-Academic Team for the second time ... received the WCHA Scholar-Athlete honor for the first time ... dressed for 138 career games, good for a five-way tie for No. 13 on the UAA all-time list ... finished career with 3-12?15 totals ... ranked in the all-time defenseman scoring list in goals (tied for No. 44), assists (tied for No. 44) and points (No. 45).
2008-09 JUNIOR SEASON: Named an assistant captain after start of the season ... completed year with six points (1g, 5a) in 32 contests after missing the first four games of the season (foot injury) ... served the 3rd-most penalty minutes for UAA (45 minutes on 13 infractions) ... took 12 shots from blueline for .083 shot percentage ... scored lone goal against Michigan Tech at the Sully on Jan. 23 ... added assists against Minnesota-Duluth (Oct. 25 & March 7), North Dakota and multi-point weekend against Colorado College (0-2?2) ... first-time member of WCHA All-Academic Team.
2007-08 SOPHOMORE SEASON: UAA’s most versatile skater, split time at either forward or defense in all 36 games, tallying 2-5?7 totals ... scored first career goal Dec. 15 at home against Denver ... also tallied a goal Feb. 2 on home ice vs. Michigan Tech ... scored five points (1g, 4a) during seven-game span from Jan. 12-Feb. 2 ... posted a pair of two-game point-scoring streaks ... one of six UAA players to end the season with a positive plus/minus rating at +1 ... attempted 32 shots on goal ... attempted a season-high three shots on goal on three occasions ... registered all seven points in WCHA games.
2006-07 FRESHMAN SEASON: A walk-on who played in 36 of 37 games ... saw first collegiate action in UAA’s second game of the season against Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 14) ... remained in lineup for the next 36 contests, including all three WCHA playoff games ... a high-energy player, saw most of playing time as a left wing on team’s fourth line ... tallied two assists and attempted 24 shots on goal ... scored first collegiate point Dec. 9 at Colorado College ... also produced an assist at home against Minnesota (Feb. 2) ... attempted a season-high three shots on goal Oct. 28 at Michigan Tech ... was called for nine penalties.
BEFORE UAA: Played two seasons for the Merritt Centennials of the BCHL ... recorded 4-17?21 scoring totals in 56 games in 2005-06 ... tallied three assists in five playoff appearances ... recorded 87 penalty minutes ... scored 5-8?13 totals in 2004-05, including three power-play goals ... named Centennials Rookie of the Year in 2004-05 ... 2nd on team in points by a defenseman both seasons ... played one season with the Columbia River Rockies of the KIJHL (Junior B) prior to stint with Merritt ... named team’s Playoff MVP.
PERSONAL: Born July 30, 1985 in Whitehorse, Yukon ... parents are Craig and Geri Tuton ... has one brother (Michael) and one sister (Jodi) ... physical education major ... shoots right.
OVERALL
GP G A Points Shots Shot% Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2006 36 0 2 2 24 .000 9-18 -14 0 0 0
2007 35 2 5 7 32 .062 2-4 +1 0 0 0
2008 32 1 5 6 12 .083 13-45 +1 0 0 0
2009 35 0 0 0 24 .000 19-54 -8 0 0 0
TOTAL 138 3 12 15 92 .033 43-121 -20 0 0 0
WCHA
GP G A Points Shots Shot% Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2006 28 0 2 2 20 .000 6-12 -16 0 0 0
2007 28 2 5 7 29 .069 1-2 +2 0 0 0
2008 28 1 5 6 10 .100 11-30 +2 0 0 0
2009 27 0 0 0 17 .000 14-44 -1 0 0 0
TOTAL 111 3 12 15 76 .039 32-88 -13 0 0 0
CAREER BESTS
Goals (game) 1 3 times (last: 01/23/09 vs. MTU)
Assists (game)1 11 times (last: 11/22/08 vs. CC)
Points (game) 1 11 times (last: 11/22/08 vs. CC)
Goal Streak n/a
Point Streak 2 gms (11/21/08 to 11/22/08)
Multi-Point 0
