E. Peter Tufford is a Canadian retired ice hockey

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who was an All-American for

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Career

Tufford only managed to play a handful of games over two seasons for the St. Catharines Black Hawks. Despite the few appearances, he was recruited to

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and played on an undefeated freshman team. He debuted for the varsity squad as a sophomore and hit the ground running, leading the team with 28 goals. Tufford helped Cornell win its first ECAC Championship that season and appear in the program's first NCAA Tournament. He assisted on the only goal in the semifinal and, despite being held scoreless, helped Cornell celebrate its first national championship two days later. Tufford became an alternate captain as a junior and increased his scoring output. The Big Red were again a dominant force in college hockey and ran though the regular season and conference tournament with just a single loss. In the national tournament, however, Cornell's offense was again stifled by

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and limited to just one goal. The team fell 1–3 and, though they recovered a bit in the consolation game, Cornell was disappointed by their 3rd-place finish. As a senior Tufford increased his point total to 60, finishing tied for 6th in the nation and was named as an All-American. He was the fourth player in his recruiting class to be so honored, following Brian Cornell,

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and Bruce Pattison. Cornell received its third tournament bid in

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, this time managing to return to the championship game. Tufford assisted on Cornell's second goal to tie the game but the team was outdueled by

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in the third period and missed out on another title. After graduating Tufford played a year of senior hockey with the independent Syracuse Stars before retiring as a player. He briefly returned to the game as a coach for the Ithaca Stars in 1975. Tufford was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tufford, Peter 1946 births Living people AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Canadian ice hockey centres Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Ontario NCAA men's ice hockey national champions Sportspeople from St. Catharines St. Catharines Black Hawks players