Steve Saviano
Steve Saviano | |||
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Born |
Reading, Massachusetts, USA | August 31, 1981||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
DEL2 team Former teams |
Lausitzer Füchse Lowell Lock Monsters Tappara Växjö Lakers Djurgårdens IF HC Bolzano Belfast Giants | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2005–2019 |
Stephen Saviano (born August 31, 1981) is a former American-Italian professional ice hockey left winger. He last played for the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2.
Saviano spent four seasons with the University of New Hampshire and turned pro in 2004. He had spells in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters and the ECHL with the Florida Everblades. In 2006 he moved to Sweden to play in HockeyAllsvenskan the country's second tier, playing for the Växjö Lakers. In 2007, he signed with Finnish SM-liiga side Tappara, but after two seasons in the Finnish SM-liiga, he returned to Växjö Lakers.
After six seasons in Sweden between the Lakers and Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Hockey League, Saviano left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with Italian participants of the Austrian EBEL, HCB South Tyrol on August 25, 2015.[1] In his only season with Bolzano in the 2015–16 campaign, Saviano contributed with 11 goals and 30 points in 54 games.
As a free agent, Saviano opted to leave Italy to sign with Northern Irish EIHL participants, the Belfast Giants, on a one-year contract on June 7, 2016.[2] He stayed for two seasons and was an assistant captain with the team during the 2017-18 season. On August 20, 2018, Saviano signed with the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2, playing one season there before retiring in 2019.[3]
Awards and honors
Award | Year | |
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Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 2003 | [4] |
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 2003 | [5] |
All-Hockey East First Team | 2003–04 | |
AHCA East First-Team All-American | 2003–04 |
References
- ^ "HCB welcome two additions to squad". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ^ "Steve Saviano signs with Giants". Belfast Giants. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ https://twitter.com/EIHLFanNews/status/1112678769104486400
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American men's ice hockey right wingers
- American people of Italian descent
- Bolzano HC players
- Belfast Giants players
- Djurgårdens IF Hockey players
- Florida Everblades players
- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
- Lowell Lock Monsters players
- New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey players
- Tappara players
- Växjö Lakers players
- American ice hockey winger stubs