Alain Chevrier

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Alain Chevrier

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|23}}

| birth_place = Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 180

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| played_for = New Jersey Devils
Winnipeg Jets
Chicago Blackhawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1991

}}

Alain Guy Chevrier (born April 23, 1961) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender.

Junior Hockey and Collegiate Career

As a youth, Chevrier played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Cornwall, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-11|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}} He took a first step into junior hockey in 1978-79 playing at Canada's highest tier for his hometown Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League before moving to the Ottawa Jr. Senators of the Central Junior A Hockey League the following season.{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/71030/alain-chevrier |title=Alain Chevrier|website=EliteProspects.com |access-date=January 29, 2023}} At the time, playing major juniors in Canada did not violate NCAA amateur eligibility, and Chevrier elected to move to US college hockey, playing for the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio beginning in 1980.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=957|title=Alain Chevrier (b.1961) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com|website=www.hockeydb.com|accessdate=23 April 2023}}

Alain was a regular starter for the new Miami program, which only started NCAA Division I play in 1978, earning four letters under coach Steve Cady. Chevrier was named the team Rookie of the Year for the 1980-81 season, honored by the Blue Line Club in his senior season, and is among the all-time leaders at Miami with 2,440 saves in his 4-year collegiate career. Chevrier was the first Miami hockey player inducted into the Miami Hall of Fame in 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/2018/6/7/trads-hall-of-fame-1992class-html.aspx|title = 1992 Hall of Fame Inductees}}{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/miamiredhawks.com/documents/2021/6/9/2021_22_Miami_Hockey_Record_Book_.pdf|access-date=23 April 2023

|website=Miami Red Hawks|title=Miami Hockey Record Book|date=9 June 2021}}

Professional career

Undrafted out of Miami, Chevrier signed with the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League (IHL), earning playing time over a pool of goaltenders, playing 56 games, going 26-21-7 with 3.62 GAA. His play earned the notice of the New Jersey Devils, where he'd spend the next three NHL seasons, becoming the starter for the 1986-87 season, and splitting time in 1987-88 with Bob Sauve and Olympian Sean Burke, with Chevrier posting a solid 3.77 GAA.

On March 9, 1986, Gilbert Perreault scored the 500th goal of his NHL career vs Chevrier.

Chevrier was traded in 1988 to the Winnipeg Jets along with a 7th round pick for Steve Rooney. Chevrier would be in a goalie logjam in Winnipeg, playing only 22 games, going 8-8-2, with a 4.29 GAA, before being traded in January 1989 to the Chicago Blackhawks for a fourth-round pick in the draft.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1989-01-19 |title=In Brief: Jets Trade Goaltender to Chicago |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-19-sp-1657-story.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Kiley |first=Mike |date=1989-02-02 |title=CHEVRIER SITTING PRETTY IN CHICAGO |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1989/02/02/chevrier-sitting-pretty-in-chicago/0dc11bd4-58f7-4d1f-847d-9e78c8707fc5/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |issn=0190-8286}} Chevrier was thrown into the starting role thanks to struggles of Darren Pang and rookie Ed Belfour, and Alain had a hot hand in 27 games going 13–11–2 with a 3.51 GAA and was the starter for the 1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a stellar 2.61 post-season GAA, getting the Hawks to the Campbell Conference finals before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames.

Starting the next season again with Chicago, Chevrier was traded in March 1990 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for future considerations, and he saw limited action.{{Cite web |title=Blackhawks trade Chevrier to Penguins - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/03/06/Blackhawks-trade-Chevrier-to-Penguins/6521636699600/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=UPI |language=en}} For the 1990–91 season, Chevrier got picked up by the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent, but only saw three games of action (0–2–0) in the NHL as he would spend most of the time in the IHL with the San Diego Gulls. He retired after the season ended.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/chevral01.html|title=Alain Chevrier Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title|website=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=23 April 2023}}

Personal life

After finishing his playing career, Chevrier moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he lives with his family and operates an insurance business.{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-chevrier-65109536/ |title=Alain Chevrier |website=LinkedIn}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1978–79 \| Cornwall Royals \| QMJHL \| 7	—	—	—	332	37	0	6.69	.810 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80 \| Ottawa Jr. Senators \| OJHL \| 34	—	—	—	1818	119	0	3.93	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1980–81 \| Miami University \| CCHA \| 16	—	—	—	778	44	0	3.39	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82 \| Miami University \| CCHA \| 19	8	10	1	1053	73	0	4.16	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1982–83 \| Miami University \| CCHA \| 33	15	16	1	1894	125	—	3.96	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84 \| Miami University \| CCHA \| 32	9	19	1	1509	123	—	4.89	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1984–85 \| Fort Wayne Komets \| IHL \| 56	26	21	7	3219	194	0	3.62	— \| 9	5	4	556	28	0	3.02	—
1985–86 \| New Jersey Devils \| NHL \| 37	11	18	2	1862	143	0	3.60	.850 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1986–87 \| New Jersey Devils \| NHL \| 58	24	26	2	3153	227	0	4.32	.873 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88 \| New Jersey Devils \| NHL \| 45	18	19	3	2354	148	1	3.77	.868 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1988–89 \| Winnipeg Jets \| NHL \| 22	8	8	2	1092	78	1	4.29	.859 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89 \| Chicago Blackhawks \| NHL \| 27	13	11	2	1573	92	0	3.51	.876 \| 16	9	7	1013	44	0	2.61	.909
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1989–90 \| Chicago Blackhawks \| NHL \| 39	16	14	3	1894	132	0	4.18	.853 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 3	1	2	0	166	14	0	5.06	.843 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1990–91 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 3	0	2	0	108	11	0	6.11	.800 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91 \| San Diego Gulls \| IHL \| 32	10	16	1	1689	124	0	4.40	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 \| NHL totals ! 234 !! 91 !! 100 !! 14 !! 12,202 !! 845 !! 2 !! 4.16 !! .864 ! 16 !! 9 !! 7 !! 1013 !! 44 !! 0 !! 2.61 !! .909

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080630232151/http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mioh/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/HistoryandRecords74-98 Miami Hockey 2005-06 Media Guide] (see pg. 96)