Yann Danis

(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: St-Jerome, Quebec, June 21, 1981.

HOME:

HEIGHT: 6'0".

WEIGHT: 190 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 35 (Brown University, Hamilton, Bridgeport), 75 (Montreal).

CATCHES: Left

COLLEGE: Brown University. Yann majored in business economics/public and private sector organizations.

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TRANSACTIONS:

• Signed as free agent by Montreal Canadiens, March 19, 2004.
• Resigned as restricted free agent to one-year contract by Canadiens, July 13, 2006.
• Resigned as restricted free agent by Canadiens, July 17, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

• Winner, Class of 1936 Hockey Trophy (Brown University team most valuable player), 2001-02.
• Named to East Coast Athletic Conference All-American Second Team, 2001-02.
• Winner, Class of 1936 Hockey Trophy (Brown University team most valuable player), 2002-03.
• Named to East Coast Athletic Conference All-American Second Team, 2002-03.
• Finalist, Hobey Baker Award, 2003-04.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (East) All-American First Team, 2003-04.
• Named East Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year, 2003-04.
• Winner, Heaton Dryden Award (East Coast Athletic Conference Best Goaltender), 2003-04.
• Named to East Coast Athletic Conference All-Star First Team, 2003-04.
• Goaltender, Team Canadian, American Hockey League All-Star Game, February 1, 2006. Yann wore sweater number 75.
• Named co-winner (with Wade Flaherty) of Rbk Hockey Most Valuable Player Award, 2006 American Hockey League All-Star Game, February 1, 2006.
• Member of Calder Cup champion Hamilton Bulldogs, June 7, 2007.

INJURIES:

FIRSTS:

• Yan made his National Hockey League debut, earned his first league victory, and earned his first league shutout all on the same night, October 12, 2005, at Philips Arena in Atlanta. The 24-year-old stopped thirty-two shots in Montreal's 2-0 victory over the Thrashers. "I imagined it," said Danis. "It was a good start for me. Our team scored the first goal, so my confidence was there...But it's only one game." Danis' work was made more difficult when it was announced that Ilya Kovalchuk would make his season debut against him, but he became just the third Montreal goaltender ( Bob Perreault, Wayne Thomas) to register a shutout in his NHL debut. "He made saves when he needed to, said team captain Saku Koivu. "It was not an easy spot for him".

RECORDS:

MISCELLANEOUS:

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
00-01 Brown University ECAC       12    667   2   8   1         40   3.60     356   .888     0   0   0     0
01-02 Brown University ECAC       24   1451  11  10   2         45   1.86     729   .938     3   0   0     0
02-03 Brown University ECAC       34   2074  15  14   5         80   2.31    1123   .929     5   0   0     0
03-04 Brown University ECAC       30                                                             0   0     2
      Hamilton Bulldogs AHL        2    120   2   0   0          3   1.50      45   .933     1   0   0     0
04-05 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL       53   3075  28  17   6        120   2.34    1578   .924     5   0   0     2
05-06 Montreal Canadiens NHL       6    312   3   2       0     14   2.69     152   .908     1   0   0     0
      Hamilton Bulldogs AHL       39   2242  17  17       3    111   2.97    1128   .902     0   0   0     4
ONE (1) NHL SEASON                 6    312   3   2       0     14   2.69     152   .908     1   0   0     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
03-04 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL        1     12   0   0    0   0.00       3  1.000     0   0   0     0
04-05 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL        4    237   0   4   13   3.29     122   .893     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Signed as free agent by Montreal Canadiens.
• 10/12/05: W (59m50s, 32/32) 2-0 victory at Atlanta (Dunham, Garnett).
• 10/29/05: - (40m, 14/16) 2-5 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist) [Replaced Theodore].
• 11/04/05: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Buffalo (Biron).
• 11/15/05: W (64m42s, 27/30) 4-3 OT victory vs. Florida (Luongo).
• 11/19/05: L (29m10s, 13/17) 1-5 defeat vs. Washington (Kolzig) [Replaced by Theodore].
• 11/25/05: L (58m33s, 28/31) 1-3 defeat at Buffalo (Biron).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Signed as free agent by Montreal Canadiens and assigned to Hamilton Bulldogs, March 2004.
• 03/28/04: W (60m, 22/22) 3-0 victory at Toronto (Moss).
• 04/01/04: W (60m, 20/23) 5-3 victory at Milwaukee (Flaherty).
• 05/08/04: - (11m55s, 3/3) 1-5 defeat at Rochester (Miller) [Replaced Damphousse].
• 10/16/04: W (59m55s, 22/22) 1-0 victory at Edmonton (Deslauriers).
• 10/17/04: W (60m, 33/36) 4-3 victory vs. Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 10/23/04: L (60m25s, 29/31) 1-2 OT defeat at Binghamton (Thompson).
• 10/24/04: W (62m41s, 23/25) 3-2 OT victory vs. Edmonton (Moss).
• 10/30/04: W (63m44s, 44/46) 3-2 OT victor at Syracuse (Goehring).
• 11/02/04: W (60m, 28/29) 5-1 victory at Cleveland (Patzold).
• 11/05/04: W (60m, 18/19) 3-1 victory vs. Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 11/12/04: SOL (64m52s, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Binghamton (Thompson).
• 11/17/04: L (60m, 24/27) 0-3 defeat vs. Edmonton (Moss).
• 11/19/04: L (60m, 31/35) 1-4 defeat at Syracuse (Leclaire).
• 11/21/04: L (30m51s, 13/17) 1-6 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Fleury) [Replaced by Ellis].
• 11/24/04: W (60m, 28/29) 3-1 victory at Rochester (Miller).
• 11/26/04: L (60m, 27/32) 1-5 defeat vs. St. John's (Aubin).
• 12/03/04: L (62m24s, 32/34) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Chicago (Lehtonen).
• 12/17/04: W (60m, 27/30) 4-3 victory at Manitoba (Auld).
• 12/18/04: L (59m23s, 18/21) 2-4 defeat at Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 12/20/04: SOL (65m, 28/30) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) at Edmonton (Moss).
• 12/27/04: W (59m52s, 30/32) 3-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Deslauriers).
• 12/29/04: L (59m45s, 34/35) 0-2 defeat at Cincinnati (Cassivi).
• 12/31/04: W (60m, 29/29) 5-0 victory at Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
• 01/02/05: SOL (65m, 29/31) 2-3 SO defeat (5/7) vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
• 01/07/05: W (60m, 25/27) 5-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald, MacIntyre).
• 01/08/05: L (59m00s, 26/29) 2-3 defeat vs. St. John’s (Aubin).
• 01/14/05: SOL (65m, 45/46) 1-2 SO defeat (4/5) vs. Cincinnati (Bryzgalov).
• 01/19/05: - (19m58s, 7/10) 6-3 victory at Chicago (Lehtonen) [Replaced by Ellis].
• 01/21/05: W (65m, 37/40) 4-3 SO victory (3/4) at Milwaukee (Finley).
• 01/26/05: L (11m41s, 6/9) 2-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller) [Replaced by Ellis].
• 01/28/05: W (60m, 36/36) 3-0 victory vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
• 02/02/05: L (59m57s, 40/43) 2-3 defeat at Rochester (Miller).
• 02/05/05: SOL (65m, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (2/5) at St. John’s (Racine).
• 02/11/05: W (60m, 35/39) 7-4 victory vs. Edmonton (Moss, Morrison, Moss, Morrison).
• 02/19/05: - (30m00s, 10/12) 3-6 defeat at Albany (Ahonen) [Replaced Ellis].
• 02/20/05: W (60m, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. St. John’s (Tellqvist).
• 02/23/05: W (59m53s, 33/36) 4-3 victory vs. St. John’s (Aubin).
• 02/25/05: L (58m51s, 33/37) 2-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller).
• 02/26/05: W (59m58s, 43/45) 4-2 victory vs. Manitoba (Auld, Flaherty).
• 03/04/05: L (60m, 35/37) 1-2 defeat at Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 03/06/05: W (59m57s, 27/30) 4-3 victory vs. Edmonton (Moss).
• 03/09/05: W (65m, 31/33) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. Albany (Clemmensen).
• 03/11/05: L (58m55s, 24/28) 3-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Lehtonen).
• 03/13/05: W (60m, 18/21) 6-3 victory vs. Edmonton (Moss).
• 03/18/05: L (62m07s, 22/26) 3-4 OT defeat at St. John’s (Tellqvist).
• 03/19/05: W (59m39s, 23/23) 2-0 victory at St. John’s (Tellqvist).
• 03/23/05: L (59m00s, 13/14) 0-1 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Sabourin).
• 03/25/05: W (59m58s, 21/24) 7-3 victory at Edmonton (Moss, Deslauriers).
• 03/26/05: W (59m48s, 22/23) 5-1 victory at Edmonton (Moss).
• 03/30/05: W (59m44s, 25/26) 2-1 victory vs. Manitoba (Auld).
• 04/01/05: L (58m17s, 30/32) 1-2 defeat vs. St. John’s (Tellqvist).
• 04/02/05: W (60m, 43/43) 3-0 victory at Syracuse (Goehring).
• 04/06/05: SOL (65m, 29/32) 3-4 SO defeat (6/8) vs. Milwaukee (Finley).
• 04/08/05: W (60m, 30/33) 5-3 victory vs. Milwaukee (Finley).
• 04/10/05: W (59m32s, 21/22) 4-1 victory at Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 04/13/05: W (60m, 36/39) 4-3 victory vs. Syracuse (Goehring, Penner).
• 04/20/05: L (59m55s, 32/35) 1-3 defeat at Rochester (Miller).
• 04/22/05: L (59m25s, 21/23) 1-2 defeat at Rochester (Miller).
• 04/24/05: L (58m56s, 26/30) 3-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller).
• 04/26/05: L (58m51s, 30/34) 4-5 defeat vs. Rochester (Miller).
• 11/09/05: W (59m40s, 33/34) 2-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Thompson).
• 11/11/05: W (59m56s, 23/24) 5-1 victory vs. Cleveland (Patzold).
• 11/12/05: W (60m, 35/37) 5-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard, MacIntyre).
• 11/29/05: L (40m, 13/18) 2-7 defeat at Manitoba (Flaherty) [Replaced by Deslauriers].
• 11/30/05: SOL (65m, 25/28) 3-4 SO defeat (0/3) at Manitoba (Centomo).
• 12/02/05: L (58m39s, 13/16) 1-3 defeat vs. Toronto (Aubin, Racine).
• 12/07/05: L (59m26s, 37/41) 3-4 defeat at Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
• 12/10/05: W (60m, 16/17) 7-1 victory vs. Houston (Harding, Kotyk).
• 12/16/05: W (60m, 17/18) 3-1 victory at Philadelphia (Houle).
• 12/18/05: L (59m06s, 26/30) 2-4 defeat at Toronto (Racine).
• 12/22/05: W (60m, 31/34) 5-3 victory at Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 12/23/05: L (59m39s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat vs. Rochester (Pelletier).
• 12/27/05: L (59m06s, 18/21) 2-4 defeat vs. Syracuse (Penner).
• 12/29/05: W (59m43s, 19/20) 4-1 victory vs. Rochester (Pelletier).
• 12/31/05: L (60m, 38/43) 1-5 defeat at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
• 01/04/06: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
• 01/06/06: W (64m51s, 36/37) 2-1 SO victory (3/4) vs. Peoria (Lalime).
• 01/07/06: W (59m56s, 32/34) 3-2 victory vs. Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 01/13/06: L (59m08s, 27/30) 1-4 defeat vs. Syracuse (Prusek).
• 01/14/06: L (40m, 22/26) 3-5 defeat vs. Rochester (Pelletier) [Replaced by Deslauriers].
• 01/20/06: - (40m, 19/20) 2-4 defeat at Manitoba (Ouellet) [Replaced Deslauriers].
• 01/21/06: L (60m, 34/38) 1-4 defeat at Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 01/22/06: L (59m36s, 36/38) 1-2 defeat vs. Toronto (Racine).
• 01/28/06: L (59m50s, 18/22) 1-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Pelletier).
• 01/29/06: W (64m46s, 36/40) 5-4 SO victory (4/5) vs. Manitoba (Centomo).
• 02/01/06: W (20m, 12/13) 9-4 victory [in Winnipeg] vs. PlanetUSA All-Stars (Rinne, Montoya, Kolesnik) [Replaced Flaherty, replaced by Sabourin].
• 02/03/06: L (39m53s, 25/30) 3-6 defeat at Portland (Marsters) [Replaced by Michaud].
• 02/04/06: W (62m01s, 16/17) 2-1 OT victory at Manchester (Brust).
• 02/10/06: SOL (64m58s, 34/37) 3-4 SO defeat (2/4) at Rochester (Leighton).
• 02/11/06: - (20m, 7/10) 3-4 defeat vs. Portland (Kochan) [Replaced by Michaud].
• 02/12/06: W (60m, 18/19) 4-1 victory vs. San Antonio (Goehring).
• 02/15/06: W (59m51s, 27/30) 5-3 victory vs. Toronto (Ford).
• 02/18/06: L (60m, 32/37) 2-5 defeat vs. Omaha (McElhinney).
• 03/13/06: SOL (65m, 31/35) 4-5 SO defeat (3/5) vs. Iowa (Ellis).
• 03/18/06: L (60m, 21/26) 1-5 defeat at Rochester (Leighton).
• 03/25/06: L (59m15s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat at Syracuse (Penner).
• 04/01/06: W (62m32s, 28/29) 2-1 OT victory vs. Manchester (Hauser).
• 04/07/06: L (60m, 29/34) 2-5 defeat at Syracuse (Penner).
• 04/12/06: W (60m, 26/27) 7-1 victory vs. Cleveland (Schaefer).
• 04/15/06: W (59m57s, 28/33) 6-5 victory vs. Toronto (Ford).
• 10/06/06: W (59m56s, 29/32) 5-3 victory vs. Manitoba (Ellis).
• 10/13/06: L (60m, 37/40) 2-3 defeat vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
• 10/14/06: L (58m50s, 17/20) 2-3 defeat at Albany (Peters).
• 10/20/06: L (58m39s, 28/33) 4-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Tellqvist).
• 10/25/06: W (60m, 29/33) 6-4 victory vs. Toronto (Racine).
• 10/28/06: L (58m40s, 26/31) 3-5 defeat at San Antonio (Sauve).
• 11/03/06: W (60m, 32/35) 5-3 victory vs. Syracuse (Popperle).
• 11/04/06: SOL (65m, 20/22) 2-3 SO defeat (0/3) vs. Houston (Harding).
• 11/17/06: - (38m46s, 27/27) 2-3 defeat at Iowa (Stephan) [Replaced Halak].
• 11/18/06: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Iowa (Stephan).
• 11/21/06: L (59m30s, 25/30) 4-5 defeat vs. Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 11/29/06: W (64m41s, 32/34) 3-2 SO victory (5/6) at Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 12/06/06: W (60m, 37/40) 5-3 victory at Toronto (Racine).
• 12/08/06: W (65m, 33/34) 2-1 SO victory (7/9) vs. Wilkes-Barre (Deslauriers).
• 12/09/06: L (32m17s, 19/21) 3-6 defeat at Rochester (Dennis) [Replaced Halak].
• 12/15/06: W (60m, 24/28) 8-4 victory at Rochester (Dennis).
• 12/21/06: W (64m52s, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (7/10) at Manitoba (Flaherty).
• 12/26/06: W (59m56s, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Rochester (Anderson).
• 12/30/06: L (60m, 29/31) 0-2 defeat at Grand Rapids (Liv).
• 01/03/07: W (62m21s, 19/22) 4-3 OT victory vs. Iowa (Ellis).
• 01/06/07: L (58m42s, 26/29) 1-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Anderson).
• 01/12/07: L (60m, 14/17) 0-3 defeat at Manitoba (MacIntyre).
• 01/19/07: W (59m41s, 23/24) 2-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Liv).
• 01/20/07: W (60m, 31/32) 5-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Liv).
• 01/26/07: W (59m53s, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
• 02/03/07: SOL (64m54s, 29/33) 4-5 SO defeat (6/9) at Wilkes-Barre (Dubnyk).
• 02/09/07: W (64m47s, 26/31) 6-5 OT victory vs. Chicago (Garnett).
• 02/16/07: W (64m04s, 29/33) 5-4 SO victory (5/6) vs. Toronto (Pogge).
• 02/18/07: W (60m, 30/32) 5-2 victory at Hershey (Daigneault).
• 02/19/07: L (34m27s, 14/18) 3-5 defeat at Syracuse (Conklin) [Replaced by Desjardins].
• 03/02/07: SOL (65m, 35/37) 2-3 SO defeat (1/4) at Milwaukee (Rinne).
• 03/09/07: L (59m50s, 26/29) 2-3 defeat at Milwaukee (Rinne).
• 03/16/07: W (64m34s, 38/42) 5-4 OT victory at Syracuse (LaCosta).
• 03/18/07: L (58m31s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat vs. Syracuse (Popperle).
• 03/23/07: W (65m, 17/19) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) vs. Albany (Weiman).
• 03/24/07: SOL (65m, 30/32) 2-3 SO defeat (3/5) at Toronto (Racine).
• 03/30/07: W (60m, 25/26) 4-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 03/31/07: W (60m, 14/18) 7-4 victory vs. Rochester (Shantz).
• 04/01/07: - (18m10s, 7/8) 1-4 defeat vs. Toronto (Pogge) [Replaced Sauve].
• 04/05/07: L (19m38s, 8/12) 1-5 defeat vs. Syracuse (Martin) [Replaced by Sauve].
• 04/06/07: L (59m10s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Rochester (Dennis).
• 04/07/07: W (65m, 39/39) 1-0 SO victory (3/5) at Toronto (Pogge).
• 04/11/07: SOL (65m, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (2/5) vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 04/14/07: W (59m52s, 23/25) 4-2 victory at Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 05/18/07: W (53m48s, 17/18) 6-5 2OT victory at Chicago (Garnett) [Replaced Price].
• 10/12/07: SOL (40m23s, 18/18) 4-5 SO defeat (5/6) vs. Rochester (Dennis) [Replaced Halak].
• 10/13/07: W (60m, 28/29) 6-1 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman).
• 10/19/07: L (59m46s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat at Syracuse (Popperle).
• 10/24/07: L (59m19s, 38/43) 3-5 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 11/03/07: L (60m, 30/33) 0-3 defeat at Rochester (Dennis).
• 11/10/07: L (58m55s, 34/38) 3-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Brathwaite).
• 11/17/07: W (60m, 28/30) 3-2 victory at Binghamton (Glass).
• 11/21/07: W (60m, 42/45) 6-3 victory at Grand Rapids (Howard, Berkhoel).
• 11/30/07: L (59m46s, 25/31) 0-6 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Boucher).
• 12/07/07: W (60m, 26/27) 5-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Glass).
• 12/09/07: L (59m24s, 32/34) 1-2 defeat vs. Milwaukee (Rinne).
• 12/11/07: L (31m06s, 11/16) 0-5 defeat at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu) [Replaced by Desjardins].
• 12/12/07: SOL (65m, 38/39) 1-2 SO defeat (2/5) at Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 12/14/07: SOL (65m, 46/49) 3-4 SO defeat (2/6) at Grand Rapids (Howard).
• 12/15/07: - (18m23s, 4/6) 2-9 defeat at Syracuse (Goehring) [Replaced Desjardins].
• 12/28/07: L (60m, 21/25) 1-4 defeat at Rochester (Plante).
• 01/06/08: W (59m56s, 22/23) 5-1 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman).
• 01/12/08: - (29m00s, 7/9) 3-7 defeat vs. Rochester (Plante) [Replaced Price].
• 01/18/08: W (60m, 30/32) 5-2 victory at San Antonio (Tordjman).
• 02/08/08: W (60m, 29/31) 5-2 victory vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
• 02/15/08: W (60m, 24/28) 7-4 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
• 02/16/08: - (35m33s, 18/21) 4-3 SO victory vs. Lake Erie (Bacashihua) [Replaced by Halak].
• 02/27/08: W (59m50s, 20/23) 5-3 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard, Berkhoel).
• 02/29/08: L (40m, 27/32) 0-6 defeat vs. Iowa (Stephan) [Replaced by Desjardins].
• 03/01/08: W (59m56s, 31/33) 3-2 victory vs. Hershey (Machesney).
• 03/02/08: L (58m47s, 21/24) 2-4 defeat vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
• 03/07/08: L (59m30s, 30/32) 0-2 defeat vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
• 03/11/08: L (34m31s, 16/18) 0-3 defeat at Milwaukee (Rinne) [Replaced by Desjardins].
• 03/12/08: L (60m, 22/25) 2-3 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
• 03/15/08: L (60m, 25/29) 1-4 defeat at Toronto (Clemmensen).
• 03/19/08: L (57m51s, 27/30) 1-3 defeat at Syracuse (Goehring).
• 03/26/08: L (59m46s, 21/28) 1-7 defeat at Binghamton (Elliott).
• 03/29/08: - (30m36s, 13/14) 2-5 defeat at Hershey (Machensey) [Replaced Desjardins].
• 03/30/08: W (59m35s, 36/39) 5-3 victory at Philadelphia (Duchesne, Houle).
• 04/04/08: SOL (63m21s, 21/25) 4-5 SO defeat (3/5) at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
• 04/11/08: L (58m54s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Toronto (Clemmensen).
• 04/13/08: L (60m, 23/30) 1-7 defeat at Syracuse (Goehring).
• Assigned to Bridgeport Sound Tigers, September 2008.
• 10/10/08: L (58m27s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Philadelphia (Munroe).
• 10/11/08: W (59m55s, 30/32) 4-2 victory at Albany (Peters).