Acquired: Signed by Montreal as a Free Agent on March 19, 2004
Bio:2003-04 Highlights Stopped 22 shots, earned shutout in first AHL game at TOR- Mar. 28 (3-0 W)...Made AHL playoff debut in GM#3 of DF at ROC- May 8 (1-5 L)...Played in 30 of 31 Brown games, posted a 15-11-4 record, a 1.81 GAA (3rd in NCAA) and a .942 save percentage (2nd in NCAA)...Was named Ivy League Player of the Year and ECAC Player of the Year...Finalist for Hobey Baker Award for top player in NCAA...Named to the ECAC All-Academic team...Won the Ken Dryden Award as best goaltender in ECAC
Career Highlights Holds several Brown and ECAC records, including career shutouts (13), shutouts in a season (5), GAA in a season (1.81), save percentage in a season (.942) ... career wins (43), career save percentage (.930) and career GAA (2.20) 2002-2003 - Was named to the ECAC All-Academic team...Received the Class of 1936 Trophy as team MVP for the second time...for the second time, was named to the New England Hockey Writers Association All-Star Team...Earned Second-Team All-Ivy honours...Named ECAC Goalie of the Week five times throughout the season...Broke more Brown records, including shutouts in a season (5) and saves in a season (1043)...Finished second in the ECAC and NCAA with a .929 save percentage 2001-2002 - Received the Class of 1936 Hockey Trophy as team MVP at Brown...Was voted Second-Team All-American, becoming Brown's first All-American since 1992...Earned Second-Team All-ECAC and First-Team All-Ivy honours...was named to the New England Hockey Writers Association All-Star Team...was named to Ivy All-Academic and ECAC All-Academic teams...Set Brown records for shutouts (3), goals against average (1.86) and save percentage (.938)...Led the ECAC in save percentage and goals against average 2000-2001 - At Brown University, Yann received the Kevin R. Pope Memorial Trophy which is given to the freshman who contributes most to his team's success...Was voted ECAC Rookie of the Week
Career Stats: Regular Season
Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct
2000-01 Brown University NCAA 12 667 40 0 0 3.60 2 8 1 316 0.888
2001-02 Brown University NCAA 24 1451 45 0 3 1.86 11 10 2 684 0.938
2002-03 Brown University NCAA 34 2074 80 0 5 2.31 15 14 5 1043 0.929
2003-04 Brown University NCAA 30 1821 55 0 5 1.81 15 11 4 901 0.942