Career
Chouinard played OCHL senior hockey from 1921-1925 in his hometown with the Ottawa Montagnards. He then played the 1925-1926 season in the CHL with the Eveleth-Hibbing Rangers and following season in Niagara Falls, Ontario. During the 1927-1928 Chouinard played for the Quebec Castors, the Waterville, Maine, and he also joined the Ottawa Senators for eight games during the 1927-1928 National Hockey League season.
Chouinard played failed to score a point in eight National Hockey League games, but he did go on to play eight more years of professional hockey with New Haven Eagles (1928-1931 and 1933-1934), Bronx Tigers (1931-1932), Riviere-du-Loup Lancers and Quebec Castors (1932-1933), Tulsa Oilers and London Tecumsehs (1934-1936), and Perth Crescents (1937-1938).
He first retired as a player in 1936 to become the coach of the Perth Blue Wings in the Ottawa senior league for one year. He played a final games with the Perth Crescents during the 1937-1938 season before hanging up his skates for good.