Cleon Daskalakis

Cleon Nicholas Daskalakis (born September 29, 1962) is an American former professional hockey goaltender. From 1984 to 1987, he served as a goaltender for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Early life and education Daskalakis was born in Boston and began to skate at 10 years old. He was the starting goalie at Thayer Academy as a 13-year-old freshman, and the MVP of the team USA's World JR. Team in Germany at 17 and start at Boston University during the same season. After four years at Boston University, where he was ECAC College player of the year, first-team All-American, and First Runner Up for The Hobey Baker as the country's best college player in his senior year, he began his pro-career signing with the Boston Bruins. He was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star Second Team in 1982–83 and First Team in 1983–84. He was also named to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (East) All-American First Team, 1983–84. Daskalakis also represented the United States at the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships. To this day, Daskalakis' presence adorns the walls of the Hall of Fame at Boston University as their star player, and he is a member of the Boston University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Career Daskalakis' career included three and a half seasons with the Bruins, Championships in Hershey and in Helsinki, Finland for Jokerit where other former Bruins Goaltender Tim Thomas tended goal. He represented Team USA on three other occasions, including the World Championship Team in Sweden in 1989.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1979–80 South Shore Bruins NEJHL 24 — — — 1165 63 0 3.24 — — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Boston University ECAC 8 4 2 0 399 24 0 3.61 — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 Boston University ECAC 20 9 6 3 1101 59 3 3.22 .909 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Boston University ECAC 24 15 7 1 1398 78 1 3.35 — — — — — — — — — 1983–84 Boston University ECAC 35 25 10 0 1972 96 1 2.92 .911 — — — — — — — — 1984–85 Boston Bruins NHL 8 1 2 1 290 24 0 4.97 .830 — — — — — — — — 1984–85 Hershey Bears AHL 30 9 13 4 1614 119 0 4.42 .862 — — — — — — — — 1985–86 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 2 0 120 10 0 5.02 .841 — — — — — — — — 1985–86 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 41 19 14 6 2343 141 0 3.61 .873 6 4 1 372 13 0 2.10 — 1986–87 Boston Bruins NHL 2 2 0 0 97 7 0 4.34 .863 — — — — — — — — 1986–87 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 27 8 14 0 1452 118 0 4.88 .828 1 0 0 36 2 0 3.33 — 1987–88 Hershey Bears AHL 3 1 1 0 122 9 0 4.43 .845 — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Binghamton Whalers AHL 6 2 2 1 344 27 0 4.71 .835 — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 8 4 3 0 382 22 0 3.46 .893 — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 9 1 5 3 483 47 0 5.84 — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Jokerit FIN-2 21 — — — 677 74 0 6.56 — — — — — — — — — NHL totals 12 3 4 1 70 5 0 4.35 .815 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1981 United States WJC 3 — — — 141 14 0 5.95 — 1989 United States WC 1 0 0 0 20 1 0 3.00 — Junior totals 3 — — — 141 14 0 5.95 — Senior totals 1 0 0 0 20 1 0 3.00 —

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1982–83 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1983–84