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Dan Fridgen

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 175

| played_for = Hartford Whalers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 1984

}}

Daniel J. Fridgen (born May 18, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played 13 games in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers between 1982 and 1983. After his playing career Fridgen coached at both Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for several years.

Career

Fridgen played four seasons of college hockey with Colgate University, where he still holds the record for most goals in a season (38) and most points in a season (68). Fridgen signed with the Hartford Whalers as a free agent on April 5, 1982. He went on to play 13 regular season games for the Whalers in two seasons, scoring two goals and three assists for five points. He split his time with the American Hockey League's Binghamton Whalers where he spent the entire 1983–84 season. Fridgen's career ended prematurely in August 1984 when he suffered head injuries in a car accident, officially announcing his retirement on November 1, 1984.

Fridgen was the assistant hockey coach at Union College from 1985 to 1989. He became the assistant coach of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1989 and head coach in 1994, remaining until 2006. Fridgen holds the coaching record for the most wins (211) at RPI.

Fridgen is currently part of PuckAgency. PuckAgency represents several elite hockey players. His son, Corbin, is a graduate of UVM while his daughter, Callan, is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1977–78

| Pembroke Lumber Kings

| CJHL

| 31

18213985

| —

————
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| 1978–79

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 26

20123254

| —

————
1979–80

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 25

19183774

| —

————
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| 1980–81

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 33

373168164

| —

————
1981–82

| Colgate University

| ECAC

| 29

38175595

| —

————
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| 1981–82

| Hartford Whalers

| NHL

| 2

0110

| —

————
1982–83

| Hartford Whalers

| NHL

| 11

2242

| —

————
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| 1982–83

| Binghamton Whalers

| AHL

| 48

22163824

| 4

10112
1983–84

| Binghamton Whalers

| AHL

| 77

23275061

| —

————
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 125 !! 45 !! 43 !! 88 !! 85

! 4 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 12

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 13 !! 2 !! 3 !! 5 !! 2

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

College Head Coaching Record

{{Infobox college coach

| coach_years1 = 1985–1989

| coach_team1 = Union (Asst.)

| coach_years2 = 1989–1993

| coach_team2 = Rensselaer (Asst.)

| coach_years3 = 1994–2006

| coach_team3 = Rensselaer

| overall_record = 211–193–38 ({{winpct|211|193|38}})

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1978 CCHL Champion
1978 Art Bogart Cup Champion
1995 ECAC Tournament champion

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

|type=coach

|conference=

|postseason=

|poll=no

}}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = RPI Engineers men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#E2231B; {{box-shadow border|a|#222222|2px}}

|startyear = 1994

|conference = ECAC Hockey

|endyear = 2006

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1994–95

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 19–14–4

| conference = 10–9–3

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason = NCAA West regional quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 10–22–3

| conference = 7–13–2

| confstanding = T–7th

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–97

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 20–12–4

| conference = 12–7–3

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = ECAC third-place game (win)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 18–13–4

| conference = 11–7–4

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 23–12–2

| conference = 13–7–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = ECAC third-place game (win)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–00

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 22–13–2

| conference = 11–9–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = ECAC Runner-Up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 17–15–2

| conference = 11–9–2

| confstanding = T–5th

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 20–13–4

| conference = 10–9–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason = ECAC third-place game (win)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 12–25–3

| conference = 4–15–3

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003–04

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 22–15–2

| conference = 13–8–1

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason = ECAC Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004–05

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 14–22–2

| conference = 6–15–1

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 14–17–6

| conference = 8–8–6

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason = ECAC first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Rensselaer

| overall = 211–193–38

| confrecord = 116–116–31

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall = 211–193–38

|confrecord =

}}

Source:{{cite web|work=USCHO.com|url=https://www.uscho.com/stats/history/rensselaer/mens-hockey/|title=Rensselaer Men's Hockey Team History|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

!

All-ECAC Hockey Second team

| 1980–81

| {{cite news|title=ECAC All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}

ECAC Top 50 in 50 - https://gocolgateraiders.com/news/2011/2/16/MHOCKEY_0216114838.aspx

Colgate University Athletic Hall of Honor - https://gocolgateraiders.com/hof.aspx?hof=198

References

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External links

  • {{icehockeystats|legends=12652}}

{{RPI Engineers men's ice hockey navbox}}

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:Binghamton Whalers players

Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards

Category:Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players

Category:Hartford Whalers players

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:People from Arnprior, Ontario

Category:Ice hockey people from Renfrew County

Category:RPI Engineers men's ice hockey coaches

Category:Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey coaches

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players

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