Saint Anselm Coach Ed Seney Earns Win No. 300

(Courtesy of Saint Anselm Athletics)

HOOKSETT, N.H. – Head coach Ed Seney earned his 300th career victory as the Saint Anselm College men’s ice hockey team posted a 7-1 victory over Southern New Hampshire University Tuesday evening at the Ice Den.  With the victory, the Hawks improve to 4-3-1 on the season while the Penmen fall to 1-9-1 overall on the year.

Seney, in his 10th season with Saint Anselm, now holds a career record of 300-287-37.  Prior to his tenure behind the bench at the institution, Seney was the head coach of what is now SUNY Potsdam for 14 years, accumulating a record of 169-187-16 with the Bears.  Since joining the Hawks, Seney holds a 131-101-17 record (.560), ranking second all-time in program history in winning percentage.

A graduate of New England College in 1981, Seney served as an assistant coach at his alma mater prior to serving as an assistant coach at Norwich and Clarkson universities.  A three-time State University of New York Athletic Conference Coach of the Year at Potsdam, Seney has won six coaching monikers overall and four league championships in his career. 

In Tuesday's contest, a non-conference tilt for both teams, freshman Johnny Daniels (Andover, Mass.) potted what became the game-winning goal at 15:08 of the first period, lifting Saint Anselm to the early 2-0 lead.  Kevin Vanous (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Steve Mollo (Saunderstown, R.I.) collected assists on Daniels’ second marker of the season.

Joey Agliato (Hauppage, N.Y.) opened the scoring in the game at 11:27 of the first period, knocking home a Kody Grondin (Hampton, N.H.) feed for his third goal of the game.  After a Charles Wisniewski unassisted goal to open play in the second period, the Hawks rattled off five unanswered goals to secure Seney’s 300th career victory.

Tucker Mullin (Andover, Mass.) and Timothy King (Weymouth, Mass.) each potted their third goals of the season at 6:20 and 15:38 of the middle stanza, respectively, to bolster the Hawks lead.  Tyler Savage (Johns Creek, Ga.) contributed his second goal of the game to lift Saint Anselm to a 5-1 advantage exiting second period play.

Liam McKillop (New York, N.Y.) scored his second collegiate goal at 1:24 of the third period, as Vanous recorded his third assist of the contest.  Sean Jenkins (Boston, Mass.) concluded the evening’s scoring with his team-leading fourth goal of the season, unassisted, at 6:39 of the third period.

Saint Anselm goaltender Nick Dries (Commerce Township, Mich.) posted his first collegiate victory in tonight’s game, turning aside 18-of-19 shots on goal that he faced.  His counterpart, Tyler Holske, drew his ninth loss, halted 47-of-54 Saint Anselm shots on net.

The Hawks were 2-for-5 on the power play.  The Penmen finished 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

NOTABLES: Coach Ed Seney collected his 300th career victory last night and boasts a 300-288-37 (.510) record between SUNY Potsdam and Saint Anselm…Since joining the Hawks prior to the 2002-03 season, Seney holds a 131-101-17 record (.560), ranking second all-time in program history in winning percentage.