 As a youth, Guérard played in the 1987 and 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun, Quebec.Guérard played two games for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League during the 1994–95 NHL season.He was drafted 98th overall by the Senators in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft and joined the team in 1994.