Riley Tufte goes broke buying tickets for first NHL game in home state; made healthy scratch at last minute

What a disappointment for 2016 25th overall pick Riley Tufte of the Dallas Stars. After two years of playing in the AHL, Tufte got the call up to the NHL this season, playing two games so far. Thursday night, he was slated to play against the Minnesota Wild. The MInnesota native was pumped, buying tickets for all of his family and friends. He even ran out of money doing it and was helped along the way by the Wild's Nick Bjugstad, his friend and fellow Minnesotan. It turns out it was all for nothing.

After taking warm-ups and assuming he'd be in the lineup, Tufte was made a healthy scratch at the last minute by Stars head coach Rick Bowness.

Dallas had even used Tufte in a graphic on social media to promote the game that night, with him talking about how playing a game in his home state was a dream come true.

Given the final score of 7-2 for the Wild, you have to wonder if karma didn't play a role in the final outcome.

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