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Riley Tufte in the 2016 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Riley Tufte 25th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 28 games put him 87th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 25
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 22–28 in the 2016 draft

  1. 22German RubtsovC4 GP · 0 PPHI
  2. 23Henrik BorgstromC111 GP · 26 PFLA
  3. 24Max JonesL313 GP · 69 PANA
  4. 25Riley TufteL28 GP · 4 PDAL
  5. 26Tage ThompsonC545 GP · 425 PSTL
  6. 27Brett HowdenC507 GP · 171 PTBL
  7. 28Lucas JohansenD9 GP · 2 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2016 class

25th
of 211 players selected
17th
of 118 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

The road to the NHL

Riley Tufte made his NHL debut on November 13, 2021, 5 years and 142 days after the draft.

28
Games
3
Goals
1
Assists
4
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Dallas Stars picks in the 2016 draft

  1. 25Riley TufteL28 GP · 4 PDAL
  2. 90Fredrik KarlströmC8 GP · 1 PDAL
  3. 116Rhett GardnerC41 GP · 2 PDAL
  4. 128Colton PointGDAL
  5. 146Nick CaamanoR36 GP · 3 PDAL
  6. 176Jakob StenqvistDDAL