Dan Iliakis

Dan Iliakis

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Scarborough, Ont.

High School:
Georgetown Raiders

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 192

Position:
Defense

Birthdate:
04/25/1982

Experience:
4L

Shoots:
Right


2006-07: Named to the All-College Hockey America Second Team ... received WSU's Best Defenseman award and shared the team's Most Valuable Player honor with Nate Higgins ... played in 32 games ... set career-highs in points (22), goals (6) and assists (16), leading the team in the latter category ... accumulated 15 of his 22 points in conference games ... led the squad with seven multiple-point games ... finished tied-for-second in points among CHA defensemen ... assisted on the first goal of the game Oct. 20 at Alabama-Huntsville ... added two power-play helpers the following night ... scored a goal and assisted on the game-winner Nov. 10 at Brown ... added another power-play helper Nov. 11 against the Bears ... earned CHA Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording a goal and an assist, both on power plays, Nov. 25 at Cornell ... returned to action Dec. 8-9 at Niagara ... assisted on a power-play goal Jan. 6 at Bemidji State ... recorded three assists, including one on the game-winning goal, Jan. 19 against Robert Morris ... scored the game-winner the next night against the Colonials ... scored the first goal of the game Feb. 10 versus Alabama-Huntsville ... totaled three assists Feb. 16-17 against Niagara, including WSU's last two power-play goals in a come-from-behind 4-4 tie in the second game ... assisted on the first goal of the game Mar. 2 at Robert Morris and added two helpers, including one on a power-play, the next night ... scored twice in WSU's 4-3 overtime loss to Alabama-Huntsville in the CHA quarterfinal, recording his first multiple-goal game and ending his career with a three-game point streak ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2005-06: One of four WSU skaters to play in all 35 games ... assisted on the first goal of the game Oct. 28 at Clarkson ... had a season-high five shots on goal Oct. 28 at Clarkson (and March 4 vs. Air Force) ... earned an assist Nov. 4 at Niagara ... scored the game-winner at Air Force on Dec. 2 ... had a power-play assist in Dec. 10 win over Merrimack ... had a power-play assist each game at the Badger Showdown to extend his assist streak to a career-best three games ... had an assist each game against Alabama-Huntsville on Jan. 27-28 ... goal on Feb. 10 midway through the third period tied the game at six ... had first multiple-point game of the season the next day with two assists ... recorded a power-play goal and an assist on March 4 against Air Force ... led WSU blueliners with three goals ... recorded seven (2-5) power-play points ... Game-by-Game stats.

2004-05: Selected as the team's Best Defenseman ... played in every game ... had an assist on the game-winning goal Oct. 22 at Merrimack ... assisted on WSU's first goal the next night ... recorded an assist Nov. 6 at Providence ... assisted on game-tying goal Nov. 13 at Robert Morris ... had an assist in Nov. 20 win at Bowling Green ... recorded a power-play assist in Nov. 23 win over Bemidji State ... had a power-play assist in Dec. 11 win over Union and Jan. 14 victory at Niagara ... scored first goal of the season Jan. 23 vs. RMU ... had the lone assist on game-winning goal March 5 vs. Alabama-Huntsville ... had a goal and an assist the next day ... led all WSU blueliners with three game-winning assists ... second among WSU defensemen with six power-play assists and 11 total helpers ... was even or plus (plus/minus rating) in 27 of 35 games ... Game-by-Game Stats.

2003-04: Played in 35 games ... had power-play assists Oct. 10 at St. Lawrence, Nov. 16 versus Findlay and Nov. 21 at Michigan State ... had an assist Dec. 12 at AIC, and scored the game-winner the next night ... scored on Dec. 27 against Brown for a three-game point streak ... was a +3 versus the Bears ... ended 18 game-streak without a point by recording an assist March 6 against Air Force ... had a season-high two shots on goal 11 times.

Pre-College: Played his five seasons of junior hockey with the Georgetown Raiders ... recorded 38 points on 13 goals and 25 assists in 49 games during the 2003-03 season ... named Best Defensemen in the Western Conference All-Star Game in the 2002-03 season ... helped lead the Raiders to a first-place league finish in the 2000-01 season when he was also named the team's Most Improved Player.

Personal: Full name--Daniel M. Iliakis ... born April 25, 1982, in Toronto, Ont. ... son of Peter and Ritva Iliakis ... has an older brother, Chris and a younger sister, Tanya ... is majoring in kinesiology ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2007.

Streaks - Longest Point Streak: 3 games (four times) -- most recently 3/2/07 at Robert Morris to 3/9/07 vs. Alabama-Huntsville (2-3--5); Longest Goal Streak: 2 games -- 12/13/03 at American International to 12/27/03 vs. Brown (2-0--2); Longest Assist Streak: 3 games -- 12/10/05 vs. Merrimack to 12/31/05 vs. Western Michigan (0-3--3).

Most Goals Game/Series: 2/2

Most Assists Game/Series: 3/3

Most Points Game/Series: 3/4

First Collegiate Goal:
12/13/03 at American International

First Collegiate Point:
10/10/03 at St. Lawrence - assist

Playoff Scoring: 2-0--2/5 games


Dan Iliakis' Career Statistics
Year GP G A PTS PN/MN PPG/SHG GWG/GWA HAT GFG/ENG MPG/PIG MGG +/-
2003-043525711/220/01/000/00/70-10
2004-05352111315/300/00/300/01/120+12
2005-06353101318/442/01/100/02/110-16
2006-07326162220/401/01/302/07/141-2
Career 137 13 42 55 64/136 3/0 3/7 0 2/0 10/44 1 -16