Komets add Tufto, Blaisdell

Fort Wayne, Ind. — The Fort Wayne Komets announced that forwards Odeen Tufto and rookie Harrison Blaisdell have signed for the 2024-25 season. 

Tufto , 27, scored 22 points (3g-19a) in 29 games with the Iowa Heartlanders last season. In 77 total ECHL games, Tufto has scored 60 points (13g-47a) in 77 games with Orlando, Atlanta and Iowa. He has also seen action overseas, amassing 15 points (5g-10a) in 12 games in Germany and seven points (2g-5a) in 10 games in Switzerland. Before turning pro, Tufto led the NCAA in assists with 39 in 2020-21 with Quinnipiac University.

Blaisdell, 23, comes off a five-year NCAA career with the University of North Dakota and the University of New Hampshire. He scored 42 points (16g-26a) in 140 collegiate games and was drafted in the fifth round (134th overall) by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He is the grandson of former Komet Wally Blaisdell, who recorded 27 points (10g-17a) in 55 games for the Komets during the 1954-55 season.