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. 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. 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. == Personal life ==