Yann Danis

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Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg/13 st 8 lb)
NHL Team (P) Cur. team	Montreal Canadiens Hamilton (AHL)
Nationality	Canada
Born	June 21, 1981 (1981-06-21) (age 26), Saint-Jérôme, QC, CAN
Pro career	2005 – present

Yann Danis (born June 21, 1981 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) is a rookie goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

1 Biography
2 Professional career
3 Career statistics
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born the only child to Yves Danis and Ginette Boucher, Yann Danis grew up in Saint-Jérôme and attended École Secondaire St-Joseph. Danis spent 1999–2000 with the Cornwall Colts Junior "A" Team, while also going to the St. Joseph School. As the netminder for the Colts, he finished with the best goals against average both in the regular season and in the playoffs. He was also named to the Rookie All-Star Team and to the Academic All-Star Team. Danis helped his team to finish as regular season and playoff champions of the Central Junior "A" Hockey League. He led that same team to go on to win the Fred Page Cup as the Eastern Canadian Champions, finishing in fourth place overall in Canada Junior "A" Hockey. During the 1998–1999 season, he was named to the 17-year old all-star team with the Quebec Junior "AAA" Hockey League. He also played two years, 1996–1998, with Polyvalente of St. Jerome and one year, 1995–1996, with Cap Jeunesse.

[edit] Professional career

After receiving six scholarship offers to play hockey, Danis settled on Brown, determined to make education more important than his career. In a breakthrough 2003–04 campaign playing for the Bears of Brown University, the netminder from St. Jerome, QC, posted a 15–11–4 record along with a 1.81 GAA and .942 save percentage that ranked third and second in the nation, respectively. On the strength of those numbers and a season that helped lead Brown to its best ECAC finish since 1995, Danis ended the year under a shower of accolades, earning First Team Jofa All-American honors, INCH.com First Team All-America honors, All-USCHO First Team honors, New England Hockey Writers Association All-Star honors, and First Team All-ECAC and First Team All-Ivy honors. In addition, he was named the 2004 ECAC Player and Goaltender of the Year, the USCHO Defensive Player of the Year, and the Ivy League Player of the Year. He also took home the Leonard Fowle Award as the MVP of New England, as voted on by the New England Hockey Writers Association. As his team rolled through the season, Danis set ECAC records for single-season save percentage and career shutouts (13), and tied Kevin McCabe ('77) for the most career wins by a Bears goaltender with 43.

Yann Danis graduated with a degree in Public and Private Sector Economics.

On October 12th, 2005, Danis earned a shutout in his first NHL start against the Atlanta Thrashers. He is currently 3th in the Montreal Canadiens depth chart behind Jaroslav Halak and Carey Price.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Team	League	Regular Season
Season	Team	League	GP	GA	SO	GAA	W	L	T	PCT
2000–01	Brown University	NCAA	12	40	0	3.60	2	8	1	0.888
2001–02	Brown University	NCAA	24	45	3	1.86	11	10	2	0.938
2002–03	Brown University	NCAA	34	80	5	2.31	15	14	5	0.929
2003–04	Brown University	NCAA	30	55	5	1.81	15	11	4	0.942
2003–04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	2	3	1	1.50	2	0	0	0.933
2004–05	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	53	120	5	2.34	28	17	6	0.924
2005–06	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	39	111	0	2.97	17	17	3	0.902
2005–06	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	6	14	1	2.69	3	2	0	0.908
2006–07	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	44	110	1	2.81	23	14	5	0.905
2007–08	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	38	113	0	3.28	11	19	4	0.893