Dan DeSalvo

Robert Morris

Oct 4 (Sat)

6:07 p.m.

Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com

Photo by: Craig Bell, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

Photo by: Todd Pavlack / BGSUHockey.com

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-8
Weight:
171
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Prev School:
Des Moines (USHL)

2014-15 (Senior): Team captain and the team’s Dr. Ron Zwierlein Leadership Award winner … WCHA All-Academic Team … Earned the Athletics Department’s Falcon Medal of Honor – given to one male and one female student-athlete who embodies the essence of the qualities BGSU holds important for student-athletes … Became the 70^th Falcon in program history with 100 career points with an assist in a 2-1 win over Alabama Huntsville … Finished with 102 career points, tied for 66^th all-time … Had three goals on the season and tied for a team-best with 17 assists … Added 22 blocks, including three in a 3-1 win over Lake Superior State … Had a goal, including the game-winner, and an assist in a 7-2 win over Alabama Huntsville … Posted two assists in a 4-1 win at Robert Morris … Recorded assists in both victories over Northern Michigan in the team’s best-of-three sweep over the Wildcats in the WCHA First Round.

2013-14 (Junior): One of only five Falcons to play in all 39 games in the season…ranked first on the team with a career-high 25 assists, breaking his career-best mark for the second-straight year…first Falcon to tally at least 25 assists in one season since 2005-06 (Jonathan Matsumoto and Alex Foster)…has increased his assists totals in each of his first three years by tallying 11, 20, and 25 respectively…netted seven goals on the year…ranked first on the team with a career-best 32 points to be honored with the 2013-14 Sam Cooper Award (leading scorer)…averaged .82 points-per-game, ranking second on the team…named the 2013-14 Jim Sears Award as the team’s most valuable player…named WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (11/5/13)… ranked fourth on the team with 101 shots on net…finished the season with a plus-1 on-ice rating…one of two players to record a short-handed goal, finishing with one SHG on the year…totaled 27 blocked shots…committed 13 penalties for 26 PIM for the year…recorded his first point of the season with a goal on the road against No. 16 Union in a 3-3 tie (10/11/13)…tallied a career-high four assists in a 7-0 against Colgate (10/19/13)…notched two assists in a 6-1 win over Alaska-Anchorage (11/1/13)…scored a short-handed goal in a 4-3 victory over No. 18 Minnesota State, helping the Falcons hand the Mavericks their only home loss of the season (11/8/14)…recorded one goal and one assist against No. 16 Lake Superior (11/30/14)…registered an assist in the Falcons’ 3-2 victory over Robert Morris in the Three Rivers Classic Consolation game at the CONSOL Energy Center (12/28/13)…tallied two goals and four assists in the road series against Alabama-Huntsville, marking the most points tallied in a weekend series for his career (Dec. 6-7)…notched three assists in a playoff-series clinching 5-2 victory against Michigan Tech (3/15/14).

2012-13 (Sophomore): Was one of only six Falcons to play in all 41 games during the season…ranked first on the team with a career-best 20 assists, marking the first Falcon to reach the 20-assist plateau since 2008-09 (Dan Sexton)…ranked second on the team with 25 points, tying a career best…was one of only five Falcons to reach the 20-point plateau…finished the season with a plus-4 on-ice rating…committed 15 penalties, earning 30 penalty minutes on the season…opened the season with assists in back-to-back games Niagara (10/6/12) and Union (10/12/12)...recorded the first two-assist game of his career against Colgate (10/20/12)...registered an assist and was +2 with two blocked shots against OSU (10/27/12)...scored a goal and added two assists against FSU (11/16/12) for his highest point total of the season...recorded two assists against Alaska (12/8/12)...assisted on Brent Tate’s first career goal against Canisius (1/6/13)...recorded a goal against No. 5 Notre Dame in a 4-2 Falcon win (1/15/13)...recorded an assist against No. 6 Miami (1/25/13)...recorded an assist in OT win against Ferris State on (2/15/13)...earned two assists against Notre Dame (3/1/13)...Scored two goals and added an assist in the Falcons 7-0 win over Lake Superior (3/10/13).

2011-12 (Freshman):Played in 35 games…led the Falcons with 14 goals scored…ranked fourth on the team with 11 assists…ranked second on the team with 25 points…was one of four Falcons to hit the 20-point plateau…led the team with four game-winning goals…finished the year with a team-best plus -4 on-ice rating…led the team with a .167 shooting percentage…committed 15 penalties for 41PIMs…blocked 11 shots…scored goals in back-to-back games against Connecticut and Alabama Huntsville to start the year…extended his five-game point streak with assists in three-straight games against UAH and a Lake Superior State (10/15-10/21)…scored a goal in a 3-5 loss to Ferris State at home…scored a goal against Miami in the Falcons’ shootout win on the road…collected assists in back-to-back games against Alaska-Fairbanks in a two-game set on the road…collected assists in back-to-back games against Notre Dame on the road, finishing plus-2 on the weekend…scored five goals and one assist in the Falcons’ opening playoff series with Northern Michigan, including back-to-back two-goal games to close out the series. Finished the series with a plus-7 on-ice rating…scored two goals and an assist in the second game of the Ferris State series, finishing the game with a plus -2 rating…scored a hat-trick with an assist against FSU in the series-clinching game, marking the first Falcon to record a hat-trick since Derek Whitmore, in a 4-1 win against Western Michigan (Jan. 18, 2008) at the BGSU Ice Arena…DeSalvo now also holds the CCHA record for playoff goals (10), breaking the previous record of 8 held by three players (Mike Knuble Bobby Reynolds and Rick Brebant).

Prior to BGSU: Played one season for the Des Moines Buccaneers…scored 14 goals and 28 assists (42 points) in 58 games…amassed 66 penalty minutes…led team in points (42) and tied for the team lead in assists (28)… one of two Des Moines Buccaneers (DeSalvo, and Kucera) joining the Falcons this season.

Personal: Full name—Daniel Anthony DeSalvo…son of Larry and Judy DeSalvo…has one brother named Nick (22)…father played college ice hockey for St. Mary’s…graduate of Fremd High School…majoring in accounting.