Sena Acolatse

{{Short description|American-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Sena Acolatse

| image = 2022-11-18 Eisbären Berlin gegen Iserlohn Roosters (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–023.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Sena Acolatse, 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|28}}

| birth_place = Hayward, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 210

| position = Defense

| shoots = Right

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| team = HC Slovan Bratislava

| league = Slovak

| former_teams = Worcester Sharks
Adirondack Flames
Portland Pirates
Springfield Thunderbirds
Providence Bruins
Straubing Tigers
Iserlohn Roosters
HK Dukla Michalovce

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

}}

Sena Wendell Acolatse (born November 28, 1990) is an American-Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak).

Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Acolatse played major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Acolatse was drafted by the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2005 Bantam Draft in the fourth round, 76th overall. Acolatse played in the WHL for five seasons. He played for Seattle for three and a half years before being traded to the Saskatoon Blades in January 2010. The Prince George Cougars acquired Acolatse from the Saskatoon Blades on October 3, 2010.{{cite web| url = http://thehockeywriters.com/sharks-rookie-update-from-penticton-youngstars-tournament/ | title = Sharks rookie update from Penticton Youngstars Tournament | publisher = TheHockeyWriters.com | date = 2010-10-03 | accessdate = 2013-10-03}}

On April 3, 2011, the San Jose Sharks signed Acolatse as an undrafted free agent to a three-year entry-level contract.{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=356502 | title = Acolatse becomes first Bay Area prospect to sign with Sharks | publisher = The Sports Network | date = 2011-04-03 | accessdate = 2011-04-05}} He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, for the duration of his contract.

Upon completion of his entry-level deal, Acolatse was not tendered a qualifying offer from the Sharks, releasing him as a free agent. On July 3, 2014, Acolatse signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Calgary Flames.{{cite web| url = http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725382 | title = Flames announce signings | publisher = Calgary Flames | date = 2014-07-03 | accessdate = 2014-07-03}} He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Flames for the 2014–15 season.

Acolatse suffered a repeat of the previous off-season in not being tendered by the Flames. On July 1, 2015, he was signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the Florida Panthers.{{cite web| url = http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773292 | title = Florida Panthers agree to terms with McKenna, Acolatse and Harper | publisher = Florida Panthers | date = 2015-07-01 | accessdate = 2015-07-01}} In the 2015–16 season, Acolatse was assigned to remain in the AHL with affiliate, the Portland Pirates. As a regular on the blueline with the Pirates, Acolatse appeared in 62 games with 13 points.

After a further two seasons with the Springfield Thunderbirds and Providence Bruins, Acolatse left the AHL at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, agreeing to his first contract abroad on a one-year deal with German outfit, Straubing Tigers of the DEL on May 4, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.straubing-tigers.de/service/aktuelles/aktuelles-im-detail/article/sena-acolatse-belegt-erste-importstelle-in-der-abwehr/ | title = Sena Acolatse occupies first import signing | publisher = Straubing Tigers | date = 2018-05-04 | accessdate = 2018-05-04 | language = German}} After three years in Straubing, Sena Acolatse moved to the Iserlohn Roosters in the summer of 2021.{{cite web| url = https://iserlohn-roosters.de/2021/06/11/roosters-verpflichten-mit-sena-acolatse-einen-weiteren-verteidiger/ | title = Roosters sign another defender in Sena Acolatse | publisher = Iserlohn Roosters | date = 2021-06-11 | accessdate = 2022-02-28 | language = German}}

In his second year with the Roosters in 2022–23, Acolatse matched his previous season totals with 23 points through 45 regular season games. With Iserlohn missing the playoffs for the second consecutive season, Acolatse left the club at the conclusion of his contract on March 10, 2023.{{cite web| url = https://iserlohn-roosters.de/2023/03/10/ergebnisse-der-saisonabschlussgespraeche-3/ | title = Results of the end of season talks | publisher = Iserlohn Roosters | date = March 10, 2023 | accessdate = March 10, 2023 | language = German }}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2006–07 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 45	0	4	4	61 \| 11	0	0	0	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 71	7	24	31	107 \| 12	1	2	3	12
2008–09 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 70	7	14	21	143 \| 5	1	1	2	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Seattle Thunderbirds \| WHL \| 39	13	9	22	35 \| —	—	—	—	—
2009–10 \| Saskatoon Blades \| WHL \| 30	3	10	13	25 \| 7	1	1	2	17
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Saskatoon Blades \| WHL \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
2010–11 \| Prince George Cougars \| WHL \| 66	15	48	63	128 \| 4	3	4	7	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Worcester Sharks \| AHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2011–12 \| Worcester Sharks \| AHL \| 65	8	13	21	89 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Worcester Sharks \| AHL \| 50	4	17	21	62 \| —	—	—	—	—
2013–14 \| Worcester Sharks \| AHL \| 41	5	12	17	66 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Adirondack Flames \| AHL \| 38	6	13	19	68 \| —	—	—	—	—
2015–16 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 62	8	5	13	138 \| 3	1	0	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Springfield Thunderbirds \| AHL \| 68	6	17	23	147 \| —	—	—	—	—
2017–18 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 30	1	7	8	90 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19 \| Straubing Tigers \| DEL \| 46	0	11	11	173 \| —	—	—	—	—
2019–20 \|Straubing Tigers \|DEL \|47 \|10 \|20 \|30 \|75 \|— \|— \|— \|— \|—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \|2020–21 \|Straubing Tigers \|DEL \|33 \|6 \|6 \|12 \|34 \|3 \|1 \|1 \|2 \|2
2021–22 \| Iserlohn Roosters \| DEL \| 43	10	13	23	60 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2022–23 \| Iserlohn Roosters \| DEL \| 45	4	19	23	41 \| —	—	—	—	—
2023–24 \| HK Dukla Michalovce \| Slovak \| 36	11	22	33	81 \| 6	0	1	1	60
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 355 !! 38 !! 84 !! 122 !! 660 ! 3 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 2