Tia Chan (born 3 September 2002), also known as Chen Tiya (), is a Chinese-Canadian ice hockey goaltender drafted to PWHL San Jose 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. A member of the Chinese national team, Chan represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
She was drafted by PWHL San Jose in the 2026 PWHL Draft.
Playing career 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.
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. Her junior career was played with the Burlington Junior Barracudas of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL).
College 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.
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.
Professional In the 2026 PWHL Draft, Chan was selected in the third round, 28th overall, by PWHL San Jose.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs 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 51235:21 44 3 1.78 .939 3 0 2119:00 6 0 2.52 .9322018–19 Burlington Jr. Barracudas Provincial WHL 20 9 10 1995:07 33 4 1.66 .940 2 0 296:58 5 0 2.58 .9172019–20 Burlington Jr. Barracudas Provincial WHL 26 14 8 31290:03 36 6 1.40 .949 4 3 0189:48 8 0 2.11 .9172020–21 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 – – – – – – – –2023–24UConn HuskiesHEA2313541405:052781.15.956––––––––2024–25UConn HuskiesHEA15852907:002631.72.940––––––––2025–26UConn HuskiesHEA2418601464:303841.56.948––––––––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 Year Team Event Result GPI W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2022 OG 9th 1 0 1 60:00 3 0 3.00 .917 2022 China WC 1st 5 5 0 280:00 9 1 1.93 .901 2023 China WC 1st 5 5 0 300:00 6 2 1.20 .958 11 10 1 640:00 18 3
Awards and honours AwardYearCollege Hockey East All-Rookie Team 2020–21 Hockey East All-Conference Third Team 2022–23 HCA National Goalie of the Year semifinalist 2022–23 Hockey East All-Conference Second Team 2023–24 National Goalie of the Year 2025–26
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