| Sean Berens | |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Skokie, Illinois, USA |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 183 |
| Position: | Center |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Tacoma Sabercats Saint John Flames Las Vegas Thunder Chicago Wolves Cleveland Lumberjacks Springfield Falcons Baton Rouge Kingfish Belfast Giants Vienna Capitals SC Langenthal HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Career Start: | 1994 |
| Career End: | 2005 |
Sean Berens is an American ice hockey coach and retired center who was an All-American for Michigan State.
Berens' college career began in the fall of 1994 when he debuted as a freshman for the Michigan State Spartans. As a senior he was named alternate captain and responded with his best season, leading the nation with 36 goals. He was named an All-American and helped the Spartans win the CCHA Tournament. As they had in each of Berens' season, Michigan State lost their opening game of the NCAA Tournament.[1]
After graduating Berens began his professional career. Over a three-season span he moved between eight different teams in four leagues. While he did spend most of his time playing AAA hockey, Berens' decided to head to Europe in 2001. He played in four more teams in as many years, playing in five leagues across three countries. He retired as a player in 2005.
After returning to North America, Berens became a youth hockey coach in the Chicago area. He has been the head coach in the Team Illinois AAA organization since 2006 and also operates his own ice hockey training academy.[2]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | USHL | 47 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Michigan State | CCHA | 40 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Michigan State | CCHA | 42 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Michigan State | CCHA | 39 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Michigan State | CCHA | 42 | 36 | 19 | 55 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tacoma Sabercats | WCHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 61 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2000–01 | Baton Rouge Kingfish | ECHL | 18 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Belfast Giants | BISL | 42 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Vienna Capitals | Austria | 47 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 16 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | SC Langenthal | NLB | 16 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | SC Langenthal | NLB | 18 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 163 | 84 | 74 | 158 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| IHL totals | 140 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 134 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| AHL totals | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NLB totals | 34 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-CCHA Second Team | 1996–97 | [3] |
| All-CCHA First Team | 1997–98 | |
| AHCA West Second-Team All-American | 1997–98 | [4] |