Dan Poliziani brings nearly four decades of coaching experience to Russ Herrington’s staff as the associate coach, beginning in the 2021-22 season.
Most recently, the 62-year-old Poliziani spent time as head coach of Stanstead College in Stanstead, Que., serving the prep school from 2014-2020. He guided an elite-level hockey program producing some of the best talent in North America. Prior to joining Stanstead, Poliziani also spent time with another prep school, Appleby College, serving as their team’s head coach from 2003-2014.
in addition to seven years of playing experience at the OHL, NCAA, and professional hockey level, Poliziani’s hockey experience brought him most notably to the Yale Bulldogs of the NCAA’s Division I as head coach for the team’s 1993-94 season. He filled in for Tim Taylor, who had taken a leave of absence from his 30-year tenure at Yale to coach the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team. Poliziani was also Taylor’s long-time assistant at Yale from 1984-1996.
Internationally, Poliziani has coached Hockey Canada’s under-17 men’s national team for two seasons in 1999 and 2000. He assisted for the silver medal-winning team at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge and acted as head coach in 2000 when Canada won bronze.
Poliziani possesses an Administrative Sciences degree from Yale University. He left Yale in 1982 as the all-time scoring leader and served as the captain of the Bulldogs in his senior year.
He has three children. His oldest, Daniel, is a former OHL, U SPORTS and professional hockey player. Maysie was formerly a nationally ranked figure skater. Cole, his youngest, is currently playing NCAA Division III hockey at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
