Tia Chan
| Tia Chan | |||
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| Born |
3 September 2002 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams | KRS Vanke Rays | ||
| National team |
 China | ||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||
| Chen Tiya | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳提婭 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈提娅 | ||||||||||
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Tia Chan (born 3 September 2002), also known as Chen Tiya (Chinese: 陈提娅; pinyin: Chén Tíyà),[1] is a Chinese-Canadian ice hockey goaltender drafted to PWHL San Jose[2] of the Professional Women's Hockey League. She played college ice hockey with the UConn Huskies. She has also played in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.[3] A member of the Chinese national team, Chan represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[4]
She was drafted by PWHL San Jose in the 2026 PWHL Draft.
Playing career
[edit]Chan began playing ice hockey at age four, following her two brothers, James and Ryan, onto the ice. She settled into goaltending after her brothers regularly asked her to man the goal so they could practice shooting.[citation needed]
She got her start playing on boys' minor ice hockey teams in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area before moving to women's teams at the age of eight.[citation needed] Her junior career was played with the Burlington Junior Barracudas of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL).[5]
College
[edit]For the 2020–21 season, Chan joined the UConn in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I as an incoming freshman. As a rookie, she started ten games and posted a 1.49 goals against average (GAA) and .947 save percentage (SV%) on the season. Her play was recognized with selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.[6]
During the 2025–26 season, she led Hockey East in minutes played (2252:25), wins (27), shutouts (5), goals against average (1.55), and save percentage (.951) and was second with 1,122 saves. Nationally, she was second in wins, save percentage, and minutes played, third in saves, fourth in goals against average, and eighth in shutouts. Following the season she was named the WHCA Goalie of the Year.[7]
Professional
[edit]In the 2026 PWHL Draft, Chan was selected in the third round, 28th overall, by PWHL San Jose.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | Min | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |||
| 2016–17 | Burlington Jr. Barracudas | Provincial WHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48:28 | 3 | 0 | 3.09 | .850 | 0 | – | – | 0:00 | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2017–18 | Burlington Jr. Barracudas | Provincial WHL | 26 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1235:21 | 44 | 3 | 1.78 | .939 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119:00 | 6 | 0 | 2.52 | .932 | |||
| 2018–19 | Burlington Jr. Barracudas | Provincial WHL | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 995:07 | 33 | 4 | 1.66 | .940 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96:58 | 5 | 0 | 2.58 | .917 | |||
| 2019–20 | Burlington Jr. Barracudas | Provincial WHL | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1290:03 | 36 | 6 | 1.40 | .949 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 189:48 | 8 | 0 | 2.11 | .917 | |||
| 2020–21 | UConn Huskies | HEA | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 603:27 | 15 | 3 | 1.49 | .947 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2021–22 | KRS Vanke Rays | ZhHL | 9 | 6 | 2 | – | 545:00 | 11 | 3 | 1.21 | .945 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2022–23 | UConn Huskies | HEA | 27 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1583:43 | 44 | 6 | 1.67 | .935 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2023–24 | UConn Huskies | HEA | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1405:05 | 27 | 8 | 1.15 | .956 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2024–25 | UConn Huskies | HEA | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 907:00 | 26 | 3 | 1.72 | .940 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2025–26 | UConn Huskies | HEA | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1464:30 | 38 | 4 | 1.56 | .948 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Provincial WHL totals | 73 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 3567:59 | 116 | 13 | 1.63 | .942 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 404:06 | 19 | 0 | 2.35 | .922 | |||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GPI | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | China | OG | 9th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60:00 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | .917 | |
| 2022 | China | WC D1B | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 280:00 | 9 | 1 | 1.93 | .901 | |
| 2023 | China | WC D1A | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 300:00 | 6 | 2 | 1.20 | .958 | |
| 11 | 10 | 1 | 640:00 | 18 | 3 | |||||||
Awards and honours
[edit]| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| College | |
| Hockey East All-Rookie Team | 2020–21[6] |
| Hockey East All-Conference Third Team | 2022–23 |
| HCA National Goalie of the Year semifinalist | 2022–23[14] |
| Hockey East All-Conference Second Team | 2023–24[15] |
| National Goalie of the Year | 2025–26 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rays ready for Beijing bow". HC Red Star. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ Staff, Sportsnet (17 June 2026). "2026 PWHL Draft: Every pick made". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Potts, Andy (28 January 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Tiya CHEN, Ice Hockey". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ Tokarski, Anne (18 November 2020). "2020-21 NCAA Preview: Newcomers to watch in Hockey East". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- 1 2 "Hockey East Names Women's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team". Hockey East Association (Press release). 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ↑ "UConn's Tia Chan is Women's Goalie of the Year". hockeycommissioners.com. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "2026 PWHL Draft". www.thepwhl.com. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- ↑ "PWHL 2019/2020 – Player: # 88 Tia Chan". Provincial Women's Hockey League. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ "2020-21 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 88 Tia Chan, Statistics". University of Connecticut Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ "Игроки: Чань Тиа (Вратарь) – Статистика" [Players: Chan Tia (Goalkeeper) – Statistics]. Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ "2023-24 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 88 Tia Chan". University of Connecticut Athletics. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ "Tia Chan - Women's Ice Hockey". University of Connecticut Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Semifinalists for the Women's Hockey Goalie of the Year Award Announced". Hockey Commissioners Association (Press release). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (1 March 2024). "Hockey East Names 2023-2024 Women's Hockey All-Stars". The Hockey News. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Chen Tiya at Olympedia
- Living people
- 2002 births
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Canadian women's ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey people from Hamilton, Ontario
- Sportswomen from Ontario
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for China
- Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players
- UConn Huskies women's ice hockey players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- PWHL San Jose draft picks