Sean Collins (born February 9, 1983) is an American former professional

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player. He was selected by the

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in the 9th round (289th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Collins was the third last player (289th overall) selected in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. When drafted, Collins was playing with the

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team of NCAA's Division I Hockey East Association where he scored 77 goals and 96 assists in his four-year career with the UNH Wildcats. He began his professional career in 2005. In the

2005–06 ECHL season The 2005–06 ECHL season is the 18th season of the ECHL, a professional ice-hockey league based in the United States. The season ran from late October 2005 to early June 2006. The Brabham Cup regular season champions and Kelly Cup playoff cha ...

he scored 27 goals and added 49 assists to lead the

Wheeling Nailers The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...

in points, and the following year he posted identical numbers. Collins played three seasons (2005–08) for the Nailers, recording 69 goals and 139 assists for a total of 208 points. He had two AHL call-ups in 2006-07, playing three games for the

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and four games for the

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. In 2008–09 he signed for

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in the

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, the second-tier league in Finland, but played just four games before returning to North America with the

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in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Sean 1983 births American men's ice hockey forwards Colorado Avalanche draft picks Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Living people New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey players Philadelphia Phantoms players Tulsa Oilers (1992–present) players University of New Hampshire alumni Vaasan Sport players Wheeling Nailers players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players Worcester Sharks players People from Reading, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland