Junior (2007-08)
High-energy player . . . An excellent skater . . . One of the Ferris State’s hardest-working players . . . Size and speed combination makes him excel as a forechecker . . . Could potentially be active in penalty-kill situations . . . A former walk on.

Sophomore (2006-07)
Appeared in career season-high 32 contests . . . Scored one goal and chipped in with six assists . . . Racked up a combined six points (1-5=6) and achieved a plus four on-ice rating in a four-game span (10/13-21), highlighted by a pair of two-point (0-2=2)?game efforts in victories over Mercyhurst (10/13) and at Western Michigan (10/20) . . . Was credited with an assist each in home encounters versus Western Michigan (10/21) and Nebraska Omaha (1/20) . . . Chalked up 32 minutes on 16 penalties.

Freshman (2005-06)
Skated in 17 of 40 games . . . Only point of the campaign was on an assist in a 6-0 home triumph over Western Michigan (11/11) in his fourth collegiate contest . . . Posted a +1 efficiency rating twice, both versus Western Michigan (11/11 and 2/3) . . . Generated four shots on goal against Miami (1/28) . . . Racked up nine penalties for 29 minutes . . . Wore jersey No. 26.

High School/Juniors:
Spent the 2004-05 season competing for the Chatham (Ontario) Maroons of the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League (WOJHL) . . . Coached by Lee Giffin . . . Finished runner up among the Maroons’ 2004-05 points leaders and was 10th in league scoring with 54 points on 26 goals and 28 assists in 48 contests . . . Was a finalist for the WOJHL’s Best Left Wing Award and played a key role in Chatham compiling a first-place 40-6-1 overall regular-season ledger in the 2004-05 campaign . . . Helped guide the Maroons to consecutive (2003-04 and 2004-05) league regular-season championship titles . . . Honored as Chatham’s Rookie of the Year in 2003-04 and was runner up for the league’s Rookie of the Year Award . . . A 20011-02 eighth-round draft selection by the Sarnia (Ontario) Sting in Midget Majors and garnered Great Lakes Junior C League Rookie of the Year kudos . . . Graduated in 2003 from Windsor (Ontario) High School and was coached by Wayne Racine.

Personal:
Son of John and Ann Dahlinger . . . Born 2/14/85 in Richmond, Va. . . . Father is employed as a salesman and mother is a worker’s compensation representative . . . Has a younger brother . . . Full name is John Thomas Dahlinger . . . Enjoys working out and playing hockey . . . FSU Letters: Two . . . Shoots: Right . . . Marketing major.