Sean Collins (ice hockey player, October 1983)

Sean Collins
Date of birth	October 30, 1983
place of birth	Troy , Michigan , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2000-2002	Cleveland Barons
2002-2003	Sioux City Musketeers
2003-2007	Ohio State University
2007-2008	South Carolina Stingrays
2008–2012	Hershey Bears
2012-2013	Connecticut Whale

Sean Patrick Collins (* thirtieth October 1983 in Troy , Michigan ) is a retired American ice hockey player , who among other 22 games during his playing career 2003-2013 Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender denied Has.

Career

Sean Collins began his career as a hockey player with the Cleveland Barons, for which he was active from 2000 to 2002 in the junior division of the North American Hockey League . The defender then played for a year for the junior team Sioux City Musketeers in the United States Hockey League . From 2003 to 2007 he attended Ohio State University and played for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

On March 19, 2007, Collins signed a free agent contract with the Washington Capitals , for their farm team , the Hershey Bears , he made his professional ice hockey debut towards the end of the 2006/07 season when he made three games in the American Hockey League stood on the ice. In the following season he ran twelve times for the Hershey Bears in the AHL and mostly for their cooperation partner South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL . For the Stingrays he scored two goals in a total of 51 games and provided 21 templates.

In the 2008/09 season, the American won a regular place with the Bears, with whom he won the Calder Cup at the end of the season. He also made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, for which he scored one goal and one assist in 15 games. In the following season , Collins was exclusively in the squad of the Bears, with whom he was able to win the Calder Cup again. Also in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons he was almost exclusively in the AHL squad and only made six appearances for the Capitals.

In the summer of 2012, Collins moved from the Bears to the Connecticut Whale , the New York Rangers ' farm team at the time , and came up with 76 missions there. After the 2012/13 season, the defender no longer signed a contract with a professional team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 CCHA Championship with Ohio State University
• 2007 CCHA Second All-Star Team
• 2009 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears
• 2010 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	7th	21st	2	1	3	12
NHL playoffs	1	1	0	0	0	0
AHL regular season	4th	330	8th	61	69	275
AHL playoffs	3	26th	1	4th	5	22nd
ECHL regular season	1	31	1	13	14th	16
ECHL playoffs	1	20th	1	8th	9	24

Web links

• Sean Collins at hockeydb.com (English)
• Sean Collins at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Sean Collins at eliteprospects.com (English)