Dany grew up in Québec, Canada where he played youth hockey from the age 4.  He attended St-Joseph boarding school in the Trois-Rivières area where he was the captain of the hockey varsity team.  He went on to play Collège AAA at Collège Laflèche, Trois-Rivières.  He then attended Université Laval in Québec while playing Tier II Junior hockey.  Dany attended graduate school at North Carolina State University, Raleigh where he spent some time with the Wolfpack of the ACHA (ACCHL).

He moved to the Philadelphia area in 2007 and started his coaching career with the Valley Forge Colonials mite program where he has been the assistant director since 2013-2021.

Dany has been coaching the Minutemen 2013 team since 2021/22 season.