| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | New Jersey Devils HC Fassa Nottingham Panthers Humberside Seahawks Humberside Hawks |
| Ntl Team: | USA |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Astoria, New York, U.S. |
| Draft: | 232nd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1982 |
| Draft Team: | New Jersey Devils |
| Career Start: | 1986 |
| Career End: | 1995 |
Daniel Norman Dorion (born March 2, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played four games with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985–86 and 1987–88. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 1995, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League and in Europe. Internationally Dorion played for the American national team at the 1985 World Championship.
Dorion played college hockey for Western Michigan University. In 1986 he placed second in voting for the Hobey Baker Award, when he led the NCAA in scoring. Dorion was the 1986 CCHA player of the year.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1980–81 | New Hyde Park Arrows | NYJHL | 40 | 41 | 41 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Austin Mavericks | USHL | 50 | 53 | 44 | 97 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Western Michigan University | CCHA | 34 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Western Michigan University | CCHA | 42 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Western Michigan University | CCHA | 39 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Western Michigan University | CCHA | 42 | 42 | 62 | 104 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Maine Mariners | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 70 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Utica Devils | AHL | 65 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Utica Devils | AHL | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | HC Fassa | ITA | 30 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Genève-Servette HC | NLB | 16 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Nottingham Panthers | BHL | 31 | 63 | 66 | 129 | 48 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 37 | ||
| 1992–93 | Nottingham Panthers | BHL | 13 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Humberside Seahawks | BHL | 19 | 37 | 28 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 18 | ||
| 1993–94 | Humberside Hawks | BHL | 28 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 1993–94 | Roanoke Express | ECHL | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 166 | 55 | 64 | 119 | 177 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Award 1986 CCHA Player of the year | Year 1986 | |
|---|---|---|
| All-CCHA First Team | 1983–84 | [1] |
| AHCA West Second-Team All-American | 1983–84 | [2] |
| CCHA All-Tournament Team | 1984, 1986 | [3] |
| All-CCHA First Team | 1985–86 | [4] |
| AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1985–86 | [5] |
| BHL Player of the Year | 1991–92 | |