2008-09 Men's Ice Hockey
Roster
Dan Henningson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 198
As a Junior in 2007-08:
Team’s Most Valuable Player...Started 38 games on defense...Finished the season with 24 points (three goals, 21 assists)...Set a career-high in goals (2) and points (4) against Harvard on 3/15 in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals...Had a career-high three assists for the playmaker against Dartmouth on 1/6...His first point of the 2007-08 season came on 10/30 against A.I.C. in a 3-2 win when he assisted Ben Nelson to give the Bobcats a 2-1 lead...Picked up another assist on 11/9 against Clarkson in a 3-2 win over the #8 ranked Golden Knights. His assist set up the game-winner by teammate Bryan Leitch...Had one assist against St. Lawrence on 11/10 in a 2-2 tie with the Saints...Scored his first goal of the season against Princeton on 11/16 to give Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead in a game they would eventually win 4-0...In a 5-2 win over Princeton on 11/21, he assisted on the game’s first goal...Had one assist against Union in a 4-3 win on the road...Had a pair of assists against R.P.I. on Dec. 1 in a 3-2 win, including the set-up for the game-winner...Had one assist against Robert Morris on Dec. 8 in a 5-1 win...Had one assist against Holy Cross in a 5-2 win...Posted his second multi-point game of the season against R.P.I with two more assists against the Engineers on 2/1...Had assists in four of Quinnipiac’s next five games...had one assist against Union on 2/2 in a 3-3 tie...Had one assist against Yale on 2/8 in a 5-1 win in front of the largest crowd (4,213) in Quinnipiac Athletics history at the TD Banknorth Sports Center...Had on assist against Dartmouth in a 7-2 loss...Also had a helper in a 4-1 loss to Harvard on 2/16...Had an assist on Quinnipiac’s first goal of the 2008 ECAC Hockey Tournament when he found Brandon Wong to tie Brown, 1-1, in the second period.. Quinnipiac would go on to win 7-6 in overtime...In the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals in Cambridge, Mass., he helped the Bobcats even their series against the Crimson of Harvard with a two-goal, two-assist performance in Quinnipiac’s 7-4 win on 3/15.
As a Sophomore in 2006Â07:
Emerged as a strong two-way defenseman...Finished the season with 16 points (two goals, 14 assists)...Set new career highs in goals, assists and points...Played in 39 games...Registered an assist in the second game of the series at North Dakota on 10/7...Assisted on a goal in the win over Robert Morris on 10/13...Set up a goal in the tie with Colgate on 10/28...Had two assists in the win over Union on 10/29...Assisted on two goals in the win over Union on 11/3...Set a new career-high with three points (goal, two assists) in the win at Clarkson on 11/10...Scored a goal in the win over Cornell on 11/18...Assisted on a goal in the win over Brown on 1/12...Set up two
goals in the win over Yale on 1/13...Assisted on a goal in the win over Holy Cross on 1/28... Recorded an assist in the win over Union on 3/2.
As a Freshman in 2005Â06:
Steady defensive-oriented blueliner who also stepped in with some offensive assistance during his rookie season...Ranked tied for fifth among ECAC Hockey freshman defensemen in scoring...Finished the season with 10 points (one goal, nine assists)...Three multiple-point performances...Suited up in 34 games...Scored his first collegiate goal in the second game of the year at Michigan on 10/8...Handed out two assists in the win over Bentley on 10/15...Assisted on a goal in the win over Harvard on 11/4...Set up two goals in the win over Dartmouth on 11/5...Registered an assist against Yale on 1/8...Notched two assists in the win at RIT on 1/21...Handed out an assist against Dartmouth on 2/10.
Before Quinnipiac:
Played for the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for three seasons... Joined the Bobcats off a campaign in which he ranked fifth on the team, and tops among defensemen, with 42 points (12 goals, 30 assists)...Registered six powerplay goals...Named the team’s Most Valuable Player and Best Defenseman in 2004Â05... Also named Drayton Valley’s Best Defenseman in 2003Â04 and its Most Improved Player in 2002Â03.
Personal:
Born in Langley, B.C. ...Son of Sandy Henningson...Majoring in management.
2007Â08 SEASON HIGHS
 Goals: 2, at Harvard, 3/15/08
 Assists: 3, vs. Dartmouth, 1/6/08
 Points: 4, at Harvard, 3/15/08
CAREER HIGHS
 Goals: 2, at Harvard, 3/15/08
 Assists: 3, vs. Dartmouth, 1/6/08
 Points: 4, at Harvard, 3/15/08
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year GP G A PTS PIM
2005Â06 34 1 9 10 28
2006Â07 39 2 14 16 30
2007Â08 38 3 21 24 20
TOTALS 81 6 44 50 78
