PRONUNCIATION: shuh-NARD
2023-24
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team/Student-Athlete of the Year
2022-23
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team/Student-Athlete of the Year
• Totaled 15 saves in 29:23 during 4-1 exhibition setback to USA Hockey NTDP-U18 team (Nov. 19).
2021-22
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team/Student-Athlete of the Year
2020-21
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team/Student-Athlete of the Year
BEFORE RIT:
• Totaled 21 victories and five playoff starts with the BCHL Wenatchee Wild during the 2019-20 season, landing team MVP honors
• Also played previously for the Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) ...
• Named the top goalie at the 2017 RBC National Championships after backing the Chiefs to the title with a .927 save percentage and a 1.51 goals against average (was a teammate of former RIT forward Will Calverley)
• Helped the Caledonia Corvairs to the 2016 GOJHL Sunderland Cup Championship
• Graduated from Père-René-de-Galinée secondary school with honors.
PERSONAL:
• Daniel “Chenny” Chénard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Parents are Carolyn and Bruno Chenard, has an older brother – André
• Spends his spare time reading and playing golf …
• Lists championship season with Chilliwack Chiefs as favorite athletic moment
• Best advice received -- “Be present in the moment, not just in hockey, but life as well.”
• Credits his father as having the most influence on his career -- “Growing up, he’d always push me to be better.”
• Started playing hockey at age six after watching it on television
• Fan of the Montreal Canadiens, favorite player is Carter Hart
• Civil engineering and technology major.
