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Career: RIT’s all-time leader in assists (78) and points (88) by a defenseman at the Division I level … leader in overall assists.

2008-09: Earned All-Atlantic Hockey Association first team honors for
the second straight season … led all defensemen in AHA play with 26 assists and 27 points … tied for sixth nationally among all defensemen with 34 points … second nationally among defensemen and tenth overall with 31 assists … recorded 20 power-play points (2-18-20) … tied a a career-high with four assists in just two periods in a 7-4 win over Connecticut … recorded three assists in a 5-1 win over Holy Cross … had a goal and six assists in seven games against the Crusaders … scored a point in 22 games … Tigers were 14-6-2 in those contests … tallied nine multiple-point efforts … scored goals against Bowling Green, Bentley, and Holy Cross … named to Empire 8 President’s List for maintaining a 3.75 grade-point average … named to AHA All-Academic team.

2007-08: Led all RIT and Atlantic Hockey Association blueliners in assists (31) and points (34) … earned All-AHA first team honors … led all defensemen in the country with 0.94 points per game … tied for the national lead among defensemen and fifth overall in assists … second overall in points by a blueliner … led RIT with a plus-9 rating … recorded 26 power-play points (3-23-26) … earned RIT Male Athlete of the Week honors, Feb. 11 … tallied a five-game assist scorng streak, Oct. 13 to Nov. 3 … recorded a career-best four assists against Canisius … dished out three assists in game one of the AHA quarterfinals against Holy Cross … recorded 13 points (2-11-13) during a seven-game point scoring streak, Feb. 1 to March 23 … named to Empire 8 President’s List and AHA All-Academic team.

2006-07: Appeared in 30 games … recorded 20 points (4-16-20) …
named Atlantic Hockey Association Rookie of the Week, Dec. 4 … scored
the game-winning, power-play goal with 1.5 seconds left in regulation, lifting RIT to a 6-5 win over Mercyhurst … recorded a career-best three points in that victory … scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist in a victory over Holy Cross … had 18 points and was plus-4 in 25 AHA contests … tallied six multiple-point games … named to Empire 8 President’s List and AHA All-Academic team.

Before RIT: Played junior hockey with former Tiger Steve Pinizzotto …
played two years with the Oakville Blades of the Ontario Provincial Junior
Hockey League (OPJHL) … led Oakville to a conference championship … registered eight goals and 28 assists for 36 points in 47 games during the 2005-06 season.

Personal: Business major … attended T.A. Blakelock High School …
born Aug. 25, 1986, in New Westminster, British Columbia … son of Rob
and Alison Ringwald … has one brother, Daryl, and one sister, Leah …
favorite NHL player is Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim Ducks … favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings … favorite sports moment was scoring the game-winning goal with 1.5 seconds left in regulation to beat Mercyhurst in 2006-07 … sports nutrition is his favorite class at RIT … ice cream is his favorite food … favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption … favorite AHA Rink to play in is Tate Rink at Army … would like to be playing professional hockey in 10 years … favorite music performer is Eminem.

Career Highs:
Goals: 1, ten times
Assists: 4, twice
Points: 4, twice
Plus/Minus: plus-3, twice
Shots: 5, twice
Penalty Minutes: 15, Jan. 10, 2009 vs. Connecticut

“We consider Dan to be one of the top players in the Atlantic Hockey and
in the nation. He has had three outstanding seasons for us and is the type of player, person, and student-athlete that we want at RIT. Last year he battled injuries but was still very effective. He is the mature leader of our team and an outstanding hockey player.” — Coach Wilson