A native of
Norwood, Massachusetts, Songin is the nephew of professional football player
Butch Songin. He played scholastic ice hockey at
Mount Saint Charles Academy (MSC) and
Northwood School, leading MSC to the Rhode Island state championship in 1971–72 as the state scoring champion with 27 goals and 43 assists. Songin went on to attend
Boston College, where he earned eight varsity letters as a star baseball and ice hockey player. A power-hitting
shortstop on the baseball diamond, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Yarmouth Red Sox of the
Cape Cod Baseball League in 1974, and returned to the league in 1975 and 1976 to play for the
Orleans Cardinals. Songin was undrafted out of college, and went on to play in parts of three seasons for the
Boston Bruins. His first NHL goal came in Toronto on December 5, 1978, in Boston's 5-1 victory over the
Maple Leafs. Songin was an assistant coach at the
University of Massachusetts Boston in 1988–89, and was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Mount Saint Charles Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. ==Career statistics==