Zeiler continues D-1 success at St. Lawrence

Pittsburgh Hornet alumni John Zeiler continues to have great success at D-1 program St. Lawrence University as he scores two goals including the overtime game winner against Quinnipiac at Appleton Arena last Friday night to seal a 6-5 overtime victory. A three-year standout for the Saints at wing, John Zeiler is an an all star candidate this his senior year and will be the next member of the 100 point club, needing just five to reach that career plateau. He was the second leading scorer for the Saints as a junior and led the team in assists with 23. John scored nine goals and finished the year with 32 points. He had eight goals and 28 assists in his sophomore season and has not missed a game in his three varsity seasons and was winner of the Pelletier-Stewart Rookie of the Year Award as a freshman.

John has thrived under the tutelage of St. Lawrence University men's hockey coach Joe Marsh who became head coach in 1985 and was designated the first Charles W. Appleton II Hockey Coach at St. Lawrence in May of 1997, becoming one of few coaches nationally to hold an endowed coaching position in the sport of ice hockey. Coach Marsh remains in our opinion one of the top coaches in the country and we would recommend any interested hockey athlete give a long look at the excellent program run by Coach Marsh.

More on John, he was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2002 National Hockey League draft and scored 23 goals and had 27 assists in 60 games for the Sioux City Musketeers in his final junior season. He was Rookie of the Year for the Musketeers in 2000-2001 and led the team to the USHL Championship last season.

Way to go John and much continued success as you take your hockey career to the next level after graduation !!