Daniel James Poliziani (born March 5, 1959) is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He is currently an associate coach for the York University Lions Men's Ice Hockey team.
Poliziani played as a Centre with the Yale Bulldogs, New Haven Nighthawks, Saginaw Gears, Fort Wayne Komets, Kalamazoo Wings, and Dundas-Hamilton Tigers. Poliziani was an assistant coach with the Yale Bulldogs from 1984–95 and was the interim head coach of the Bulldogs during the 1993–94 season, while regular head coach Tim Taylor coached the United States Olympic Team. Additionally, Poliziani was head coach with both the North York Rangers from 1998–99 and Appleby Bluedogs from 2002-14.
Playing career statistics Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM 1978-79 Yale Bulldogs ECAC Hockey 27 10 25 35 10 1979-80Yale BulldogsECAC Hockey23101020201980-81Yale BulldogsECAC Hockey26172138141981-82Yale BulldogsECAC Hockey25221638181981-82New Haven NighthawksAHL301101982-83Saginaw GearsIHL54284977541983-84Fort Wayne KometsIHL11461021983-84Kalamazoo WingsIHL25961521983-84Dundas-Hamilton TigersIHL————— Totals194100134234120
Head coaching record Season Team League GP W L T Result Playoffs 1993–94 Yale Bulldogs ECAC Hockey 27 5 21 1 11th ECAC DNQ 1998–99 North York Rangers OPJHL 51 15 32 4 9th OPJHL-C DNQ2010-11Appleby BluedogsCISAA176292nd CISAALost in Semi-finals2011-12Appleby BluedogsCISAA1531025th CISAADNQ2012-13Appleby BluedogsCISAA156724th CISAALost in Semi-finals2013-14Appleby BluedogsCISAA1501326th CISAADNQ 2014-15 Stanstead Spartans MPHL 50 32 13 5 1st Bowers Division Lost in Semi-finals 2015-16 Stanstead Spartans MPHL 53 31 20 2 1st Bowers Division Lost in Semi-finals 2016-17 Stanstead Spartans MPHL 51 34 17 0 1st Bowers Division Lost in Finals 2017-18 Stanstead Spartans MPHL 52 39 13 0 1st Bowers Division Lost in Finals Totals34617114827
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