| Dan Dries | |
| Played For: | St. John's IceCaps Ilves |
| Position: | Forward |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 194 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2012 |
| Career End: | 2014 |
Dan Dries (born April 12, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey player who most notably played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and Finnish Liiga.
Undrafted and having played collegiate hockey with the University of New Hampshire of the Hockey East and later the Ohio State University in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Dries made his professional debut at the tail end of the 2011–12 season, signing an amateur try-out with the St. John's IceCaps of the AHL.
On October 17, 2012, Dries signed a try-out agreement with Ilves of the SM-liiga.[1] He played 13 games and registered 1 assist and 10 penalty minutes with the European team before returning to North America where he completed the 2012–13 season with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL.
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Traverse City North Stars | NAHL | 24 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Ohio Junior Blue Jackets | USHL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | 21 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 37 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 34 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 36 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 28 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Ilves | SM-l | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Orlando Solar Bears | ECHL | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||