Yann Danis (born June 21,
1981 in Saint-Jérôme
, Quebec
) is a
professional ice hockey goaltender for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.
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.
College 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.
Professional career
Danis during an Islander game
On October 12, 2005, Danis earned a
shutout
in his first
NHL start
against the
Atlanta
Thrashers.
On July 2, 2008, Danis signed with the
New York Islanders of the
NHL.
On July 10, 2009, Danis signed with the
New Jersey Devils of the
NHL.
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