| Sean Seyferth |
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Fourth-year defenseman who has provided a lift to the Notre Dame hockey team during his first three years ... boasts solid all-around skills, with good stick control and passing ability ... has logged 34 career games played while stepping in when needed during several crucial games during his first three seasons ... part of a five-player contingent of senior defensemen–along with Nathan Borega, Tyson Fraser, Andy Jurkowski and Sean Molina–that has combined for 401 career games played while helping Irish post team goals-against record in each of the past two seasons (2.73 in 1997-98, 2.60 in ‘97-’99) ... owns significant prior playing experience in junior hockey ... has some early familiarity with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association after growing up in Ann Arbor, where his father is an administrator in the University of Michigan athletic department ... also has a sister who is a varsity athlete at Miami (Ohio) University ... one of the 14 Michigan natives who have earned monograms with the Notre Dame hockey program ... other noteworthy Michigan natives who have played for the Irish hockey program include: class of ’99 left wing Aniket Dhadphale (Marquette, 105 points, 143 career games), ’83 All-American forward Kirt Bjork (Trenton, 161 points, 141 career games) and winger Jeff Logan (Grosse Point, 146 points, 147 games)–who served with current Irish head coach Dave Poulin as captains on ’81-’82 squad that advanced to CCHA title game ... other Michigan natives who have played for the Irish include: center Tom Michalek (Dearborn, ’76-’80, 133 points, 143 career games), current seventh-year Irish assistant coach Andy Slaggert (Saginaw, ’87-’89) and forward Phil Wittliff (Port Huron, ‘68-’71), who captained the second and third Irish hockey teams of the modern era ... four of his former Compuware Ambassadors teammates currently play for teams in the CCHA, including Western Michigan left wing Jeff Wojcik and three from Ohio State: winger Jason Selleke, forward Louie Colsant and goaltender Ray Aho.
AS A JUNIOR: Saw action in seven games, with one assist, 10 shots and two penalties ... the Irish went 5-1-1 in the seven games he played, including 4-3 win at No. 1 North Dakota ... recorded his assist on a Joe Dusbabek power-play goal in 6-1 win over Alaska Fairbanks.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in seven games, including final six of regular season ... totaled one goal, four shots and three penalties ... helped Notre Dame allow just 14 goals in the final six regular-season games... scored in 5-2 win over Michigan ... gave the Irish a 4-0 lead early in the second period of that game, on a shot from the left circle.
AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in 20 of final 27 games, with three goals, two assists and two penalties ... one of four freshmen to see time on defense ... notched first career point at Princeton, flicking in goal early in third period to cut lead to 3-2 (the Tigers won 5-2) ... scored at home against Miami, knocking home early second-period goal for 3-1 lead (Miami rallied to win, 6-3) ... had goal and assist in 6-3 loss at Lake Superior and assist in 5-3 loss to Ohio State.
PREP & PERSONAL: Helped Compuware Ambassadors win ’94 Junior A national title ... received Compuware best defenseman award in ’95 and ’96 ... served as Compuware assistant captain in ’95 and captain in ’96 ... a two-time league all-star ... attended Pioneer High School, where he played two years of hockey, two years of lacrosse and one season of soccer ... a midfielder on state lacrosse championship team as a sophomore ... his sister Courtney currently is a member of the field hockey team at Miami (Ohio) University ... his father Fritz is a senior associate athletic director at the University of Michigan ... born April 30, 1976, in Akron, Ohio ... son of Fritz and Lynn Seyferth ... full name is Sean Fritz Seyferth ... a finance major in the College of Business Administration.
Seyferth's Career Statistics
| Year | GP | G | A | Pts | Shots | Sh Pct. | P/Min | PPG | SHG | GWG | +/- | |
| 1996-97 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | .143 | 2/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 1997-98 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 1998-99 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .000 | 2/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 35 | .114 | 7/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
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