Jean Savard
| Jean Savard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Savard in 1977 | |||
| Born |
April 26, 1957 Verdun, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
NHL Chicago Black Hawks Hartford Whalers AHL New Brunswick Hawks Springfield Indians Binghamton Whalers NLA Zürcher SC | ||
| NHL draft |
19th overall, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks | ||
| WHA draft |
75th overall, 1977 Birmingham Bulls | ||
| Playing career | 1977–1982 | ||
Jean Savard (born April 26, 1957) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player.
Biography
Savard was born in Verdun, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun.[1] He placed junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, winning the scoring championship in 1976–77. In 1977, Savard was drafted by both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. Savard signed with the Chicago Blackhawks, and played 42 games with Chicago and its farm team, the Dallas Black Hawks. Savard was claimed by the Hartford Whalers in the expansion draft and played one further game in the NHL. Savard played his final full season with the Binghamton Whalers in 1980–81. Savard sat out the 1981–82 season after being released by the St. Louis Blues. He played a tryout in 1982–83 with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles before retiring finally.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1974–75 | Montréal Bleu Blanc Rouge | QMJHL | 72 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | Montréal Juniors | QMJHL | 36 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Québec Remparts | QMJHL | 32 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | ||
| 1976–77 | Québec Remparts | QMJHL | 72 | 84 | 96 | 180 | 95 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 29 | ||
| 1977–78 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 41 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 32 | ||
| 1977–78 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 31 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 60 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 78 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 52 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Zürcher SC | NDA | 28 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Zürcher SC | CHE.2 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 1983–84 | Zürcher SC | NDA | ||||||||||||
| 1984–85 | HC Salzburg | AUT.2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 48 | |||||||
| NHL totals | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 190 | 67 | 99 | 166 | 215 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
External links
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Binghamton Whalers players
- Birmingham Bulls draft picks
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Chicago Blackhawks draft picks
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Dallas Black Hawks players
- Hartford Whalers players
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- Montreal Juniors players
- Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge players
- New Brunswick Hawks players
- People from Verdun, Quebec
- Quebec Remparts players
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles players
- Springfield Indians players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States