Kayla Tutino (born December 18, 1992) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. Having played at the NCAA level with the

Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey The Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey represent Boston University. The Terriers play in the Hockey East conference. From 2010 to 2015, the Terriers won five Hockey East Championships and made six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance ...

program, she was the first overall selection in the 2016 CWHL Draft, claimed by the

Boston Blades The Worcester Blades were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and played their home games at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. The team began play in the 2010–1 ...

. In 2017, Tutino was traded to the Les Canadiennes de Montréal. In 2018, Tutino announced her reitrment from professional hockey.

Playing career

NCAA

During her time with the Boston University Terriers, the program would win four consecutive Hockey East championships (2012–15). In the aftermath of the 2015 Hockey East tournament, Tutino joined Shannon Doyle and captain

Marie-Philip Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin-Nadeau (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently with the PWHPA and who serves as captain of the Canadian national team. A three-time Olympic and three-time World champion with the Canadian national ...

on the All-Tournament Team.

CWHL

Tutino was drafted first overall by the

in the 2016 CWHL Draft. She became the first female Boston University athlete to be selected first overall in a professional draft. On April 25, 2017, Tutino was traded to the Les Canadiennes de Montréal in exchange for Nachi Fujimoto. On September 16, 2018, Tutino announced her retirement from professional hockey.

Career stats

Awards and honours

*Most Valuable Player, Ontario Hockey Academy, 2010-11 season *Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Week of October 17, 2011) *Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011) *Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Week of January 9. 2012) *2014-15 Hockey East Second Team All-Star *2015 Hockey East All-Tournament Team

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tutino, Kayla 1992 births Living people Boston Blades players Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey players Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Montreal Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States