He played junior hockey in Saskatchewan with the Melville Millionaires, Saskatoon Tigers, and the Regina Pats. Tuten then turned pro with the Hershey Bears of the Eastern Hockey League in 1934. Tuten got into 5 games with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1941-42 and 34 games in 1942-43. In those 39 games he scored 4 goals and 8 assists. From 1943-46 Tuten was in the United States military. He returned to hockey in 1946 with the Kansas City Pla-Mors and the Oakland Oaks. He was a referee in 1947-48 then spent a final season as a player in the Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1948-49.