Yann danis biography

Yann Joseph Richard Danis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, and New Jersey Devils.

Weight: 180 lb ; Born: 6/21/1981 ; Birthplace: Lafontaine, Quebec, CAN ; Catches: L ; Draft: Undrafted.

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Ht/Wt 6'0'', 185 lbs ; Catches L ; Experience 6 years ; Debut Oct 12, 2005 ; Born Jun 21, 1981 (43 yrs) Lafontaine, Quebec.

Yann Joseph Richard Danis (born June 21, 1981) is a....

Yann Danis

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1981)

Ice hockey player

Yann Joseph Richard Danis (born June 21, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockeygoaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, and New Jersey Devils.

He played in the butterfly style of goaltending.^[1]

Early life

Danis was born to Yves Danis and Ginette Boucher in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec.^[2]^[3] He is the couple's only child.^[4] Danis graduated from École Secondaire St-Joseph in Saint-Hyacinthe, a Francophonehigh school, in 1999.^[4]^[5] He did not start playing hockey until age seven because he was afraid of getting bodychecked.

After being reassured by his parents that he would not get hit in minor hockey, however, Danis began playing as a forward at the age of seven.^[6] When he was eight, he told his parents that he wanted to switch to goaltender because