Steve Walter Tuttle is a retired Canadian hockey right wing

Winger (ice hockey)

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 who played for parts of three seasons (1988–1991) for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League

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, scoring a total of 28 goals in his career. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning

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, spending time with their International Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen

Peoria Rivermen

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. In 1993, without playing a single game for the Lightning, he was traded to the Quebec Nordiques

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, playing for their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals

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. He retired after the 1997–98 season.

Tuttle is best remembered for being the player whose skate accidentally slashed the throat of Clint Malarchuk

Clint Malarchuk

Clint Malarchuk , is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League between 1981 and 1992, and is currently an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames...

 during a 1989 game against the Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

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Tuttle is also remembered for serving a one game suspension in the Greater Seattle Hockey League where he is a forward with the JT Marlin Hockey Club.

He was also a standout player at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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, being named All-American his senior season. He is now an auditor in Seattle, WA.

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