2022-23 • SOPHMORE SEASON
Awards: Named a 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Season: Skated in 37 games…Scored seven goals while adding eight assists for 15 points.
Canisius (10/8): Tallied an assist in a 7-5 victory. Mercyhurst (10/13): Registered 2 assists during a 6-3 win. St. Thomas (10/20): Recorded a goal and an assist in a 6-2 victory. No. 17 Ohio State (12/3): Netted one goal in a 4-3 loss. at RIT (12/30): Collected an assist in a 6-1 win. at No. 17 Michigan State (1/13-1/14): Scored one goal and recorded two assists in a two-game series. Notre Dame (1/20): Scored Penn State’s lone goal in 2-1 defeat. at No. 7 Michigan (1/28): Scored once in an overtime loss. No. 2 Minnesota (2/18): Notched a goal in a 3-2 overtime loss. Wisconsin (2/24): Registered two points with a goal and an assist in 6-1 victory.
2021-22 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Skated in 36 games...Scored six goals while adding 12 assists for 18 points.
LIU (10/3): Tallied two assists in a 3-1 win. LIU (10/4): Registered his first collegiate goal in a 5-2 victory. Canisius (10/9): Registered a pair of points with one goal and one assist in a 5-2 win. vs. No. 6 North Dakota (10/30): Tallied one assist in a 6-4 win. at St. Thomas (11/23): Recorded one assist in a 5-1 victory. Michigan State (12/4): Notched one assist in a 4-3 loss. at Wisconsin (12/11): Collected a career high of three points with one goal and two assists in a 5-4 overtime win. at No. 4/5 Michigan (1/15): Contributed one assist in a 4-3 loss. Wisconsin (1/21): Tallied one assist in a 4-1 win. Wisconsin (1/22): Scored one goal in a 7-2 victory. No. 12/11 Ohio State (1/28): Ran his career best point-streak to four games after recording one goal and one assist in a 2-2 tie. Minnesota (2/19): Registered one goal in a 6-4 defeat. at Michigan State (2/25): Recorded one assist in a 5-3 victory.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played the 2020-21 season with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL…Finished third on the team with 18 goals while adding 18 assists for 36 points in 49 games played…Is a product of the United States National Team Development Program and has played on various teams within the system from 2018-2020…Appeared in 154 total games registering 37 points on 20 goals and 17 assists…Was a member of the U17 team that captured the Five Nations Tournament crown in Sweden in 2019.
PERSONAL
Son of Galina Shegelman and Mamed Dzhaniyev…Has an older sister Mariya and a younger brother, Arthur…Majoring in labor employment relations.
DZHANIYEV ON PENN STATE
“Penn State has always been my dream school to go to. The facilities are incredible, the coaching staff are unbelievable people and Penn State has the best fans in all of college hockey.”
GADOWSKY ON DZHANIYEV
“Danny is a smaller wing with very high hockey IQ and a strong skill set, he is a fun player to watch.”