Thomas Songin (born December 20, 1953) is an American former professional

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player who played 43 games in the

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(NHL) with the

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between 1978 and 1981. He recorded five goals and five assists.

Biography

A native of

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, Songin is the nephew of professional football player

Butch Songin Edward F. "Butch" Songin (May 11, 1924 – May 12, 1976) was a quarterback for the Boston College Eagles, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Rugby Union, and for the American Football League (AFL)'s Boston Patriots and the New York Tita ...

. He played scholastic ice hockey at

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(MSC) and Northwood School, leading MSC to the Rhode Island state championship in 1971–72 as the state scoring champion with 27 goals and 43 assists. Songin went on to attend

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, where he earned eight varsity letters as a star baseball and ice hockey player. A power-hitting

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on the baseball diamond, he played

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with the Yarmouth Red Sox of the

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in 1974, and returned to the league in 1975 and 1976 to play for the

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. Songin was undrafted out of college, and went on to play in parts of three seasons for the

. His first NHL goal came in Toronto on December 5, 1978, in Boston's 5-1 victory over the Maple Leafs. Songin was an assistant coach at the

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in 1988–89, and was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Mount Saint Charles Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Songin, Tom 1953 births Living people American men's ice hockey right wingers Binghamton Dusters players Birmingham South Stars players Boston Bruins players Boston College Eagles baseball players Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players Erie Blades players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Long Beach Sharks players Mount Saint Charles Academy alumni Orleans Firebirds players Sportspeople from Norwood, Massachusetts Rochester Americans players Springfield Indians players 20th-century American sportsmen Undrafted National Hockey League players Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox players