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Kevin Tansey joins AHL Senators
Soccer season reminder Spring weather is fast melting away the snow, whichmeans the soccer fields will soon be available for another season. The Rockland United Soccer Club still has its registration ongoing with details for youth and adult leagues available at www.rusc-csur.com. “He is the consummate warrior,” stated Coach Jones, “that is ready to lead his team into battle every night, and this will carry him in what I feel will be a long professional career in hockey.” effort to recover froman assault incident in Ottawa in July 2012 that sidelined him from playing hockey for a year. “Setbacks can tell your life story,” stated Tansey, “but they don’t have to dictate your future.” Tansey attended the Ottawa Senators’s NHL development camps twice, during the 2014 and 2015 summer sessions. He made his debut with the AHL Senators on March 18. He graduated fromClarkson University after five years of study and is certain he made the right choice in combining hockey with academic pursuits. “I made sure to get my education,” Tan- sey stated, “so I’d always have something to fall back on, so now I can keep chasing my dream. I can’t thank my family and friends enough for all the support they’ve givenme in my career.”
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Kevin Tansey is playing with the pros now. The Hammond hockey player is part of the D line for the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League. “It’s always been a dreamof mine tomake it to the NHL,” stated Tansey. “This is just one step closer.” The AHL Senators are the farm teamclub for the Ottawa Senators. Tansey joins the Bin- ghamton squad after five years of study and collegiate hockey action at Clarkson Uni- versity in Potsdam, New York. It’s the latest move up the hockey ladder for Tansey since junior years with the Cumberland Grads in the Central Canada Hockey League and his time before that with the AA EasternOntario Cobras and the AAA Eastern Ontario Wild. Tansey’s collegiate hockey career saw himfinish up with 151 games under his belt which included 12 goals scored for Clarkson and 34 game points. Clarkson Coach Casey Jones mused that Tanseymade a big impres- sion during his time with the college team. “As a coach I always love when a player has that physical intimidating presence on the ice, yet when in street clothes is a caring, considerate person,” stated Jones. “That is Kevin Tansey. Our coaching staff and the fans are really going to miss him.” Tansey received the Clarkson University IronMan award in 2014 in recognition of his
Kevin Tansey continues to move up the ladder in hockey as he now plays for the Binghamton Senators in the AHL, a farmclub team for Ottawa’s NHL team. —photo Mike Tansey
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