Serge Savard

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CanadaCanada  Serge Savard Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1986
Serge Savard
Date of birth January 22, 1946
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Senateur / Senator
size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
number # 18
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1963-1966 Canadien junior de Montréal
1966-1967 Houston Apollos
1967-1981 Canadiens de Montréal
1981-1983 Winnipeg Jets

Serge Savard Aubrey , OC , CQ (* 22. January 1946 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - functionary . The defender played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1983 and was considered one of the best players of his generation. He spent most of his playing career with the Montreal Canadiens , with whom he the eight time Stanley Cup won, while in the year 1969 with the Conn Smythe Trophy as wertvollster player was awarded the playoffs. After he was honored with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for dedication and fairness in 1979 and also served as captain with the Canadiens , he let his career with the Winnipeg Jets end. On an international level, he took part in the 1972 Summit Series with the Canadian national team and won the gold medal at the Canada Cup in 1976 .

Immediately after the end of his playing career, Savard returned to Montréal and directed the fortunes of the Canadiens for twelve years as general manager , where he led the team in the playoffs in 1986 and 1993 to two more titles. Also in 1986, the Canadian was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In addition, his jersey number 18 has not been awarded by the Canadiens since 2006 .

Career

As a player

youth

Serge Savard was born in Montréal, but grew up in the small town of Landrienne near Amos , about 600 kilometers northwest of the French-Canadian metropolis. In his youth he ran after he was discovered by scouts for the Canadien junior de Montréal , a junior team at that time still directly associated with the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadien junior took part in the game operations of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) at that time , so that he ran up in the highest ranking youth league in the neighboring province of Ontario . A little later, the Canadiens de Montréal equipped him with a contract and used him between 1965 and 1967 mainly in their professional farm teams , the Omaha Knights and Houston Apollos in the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL) and the As de Québec in the American Hockey League . However, he missed most of the 1965/66 season due to a torn ligament in his right knee, while wearing the Apollos jersey as CPHL Rookie of the Year and was appointed to the league's Second All-Star Team .

NHL

After Savard had made his NHL debut in January 1967, he established himself with the start of the 1967/68 season in the Canadiens de Montréal squad and won his first Stanley Cup with them in the following playoffs in 1968 . The team defended this the following year , with Savard being awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the best points defender (10 scorer points from 14 games) and thus honored as the most valuable player in the playoffs. At the same time, he was the first defender ever to receive this trophy. In the next two years, Savard fell out twice for extended periods due to a broken leg. By the time the Canadiens won another title in 1971 , he had only played 37 regular season games, so his name was not engraved on the trophy. Today, however, he is officially listed as part of the winning team, so this was already his third Stanley Cup.

The injuries suffered and the arrival of Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe in Montréal subsequently ensured that Savard played more defensively-oriented ice hockey, while Robinson and Lapointe increasingly appeared as offensive defenders. Together, the three defenders formed the Big Three and formed a team with other stars such as Ken Dryden , Yvan Cournoyer , Guy Lafleur and Bob Gainey that was the sporting measure of all things in the NHL in the 1970s. Between 1973 and 1979, Montréal won five of seven Stanley Cups, including four in a row from 1976 to 1979. Savard won the trophy a total of eight times as a player, making him one of the most successful players ever. He was also awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1979 , which is given in recognition of persistence, dedication and fairness in ice hockey, and is considered on the NHL Second All-Star Team . He was also a player in the Canadiens, which he also led as team captain from 1979 to 1981 , at the NHL All-Star Games in 1970 , 1973 , 1977 and 1978 .

After the 1980/81 season, Savard wanted to end his career. The Winnipeg Jets , who had previously signed him in October 1981 via a Waiver Draft from the Canadiens, managed to convince him to remain in the NHL. He then worked for the Manitoba team for two years. Finally, he declared his active career in 1983 finally ended after he had played a total of 1170 games in the NHL and recorded 507 points scorer. Immediately after the usual waiting period of three years, the Canadian was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986 , before he was also honored with the admission to the Order of Canada (Officer, 1994) and the Ordre national du Québec (Chevalier, 2004). In addition, the player's shirt number is 18 in the Canadiens since November 2006 locked and is therefore no longer awarded.

His nickname Le Sénateur or The Senator (Eng. Senator ) received Savard because of his political interest and commitment.

International

Savard gained his first international experience in the context of the Summit Series in 1972 , where he was only able to play five of the eight games due to an injury. However, the Canadian national team won with him in the squad four wins and one draw against the Soviet selection , so Savard himself did not lose a game in the Summit Series. He was also part of the Canadian squad for the first edition of the successor to the Summit Series, the Canada Cup 1976 , and won the gold medal with it. The defender finally played one last time in the Challenge Cup in 1979 against the Soviet Union, in which Team Canada lost 2-1 in the series.

As general manager

With the end of his active career, Savard promptly returned to Montréal and took over from Irving Grundman as General Manager of the Canadiens for the 1983/84 season . At the same time, he overlooked the business of the farm team, the Canadiens de Sherbrooke , which won the 1985 AHL playoffs for the Calder Cup . The following year, the Canadian also won his first Stanley Cup as General Manager, which was to be followed by a second or tenth title in 1993. In total, Savard acted as "GM" of the Canadiens for twelve years and was among the obligations of Patrick Roy , John LeClair , Éric Desjardins , Stéphane Richer and Saku Koivu (all via draft ) as well as Denis Savard , Vincent Damphousse and Kirk Muller ( all via transfer). 1995 Réjean Houle succeeded him.

In addition, from 1999 to 2013, Savard owned the franchise of the Rocket de Montréal or the later renamed Prince Edward Island Rocket .

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As general manager

Others

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1963/64 Canadien junior de Montréal OHA 56 3 31 34 72 17th 1 7th 8th 30th
1965/65 Canadien junior de Montréal OHA 56 14th 33 47 81 7th 2 3 5 8th
1964/65 Omaha Knights CPHL 2 0 0 0 0 4th 0 1 1 4th
1965/66 Canadien junior de Montréal OHA 20th 8th 10 18th 33 10 1 4th 5 20th
1966/67 Houston Apollos CPHL 68 7th 25th 32 155 5 1 3 4th 17th
1966/67 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1966/67 As de Québec AHL - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 2 13 15th 34 6th 2 0 2 0
1968/69 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 8th 23 31 73 14th 4th 6th 10 24
1969/70 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 64 12 19th 31 38 - - - - -
1970/71 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 37 5 10 15th 30th - - - - -
1971/72 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 23 1 8th 9 16 6th 0 0 0 10
1972/73 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 7th 32 39 58 17th 3 8th 11 22nd
1973/74 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 4th 14th 18th 49 6th 1 1 2 4th
1974/75 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 20th 40 60 64 11 1 7th 8th 2
1975/76 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 8th 39 47 38 13 3 6th 9 6th
1976/77 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 78 9 33 42 35 14th 2 7th 9 2
1977/78 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 8th 34 42 24 15th 1 7th 8th 8th
1978/79 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 7th 26th 33 30th 16 2 7th 9 6th
1979/80 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 46 5 8th 13 18th 2 0 0 0 0
1980/81 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 4th 13 17th 30th 3 0 0 0 0
1981/82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 47 2 5 7th 26th 5 0 0 0 2
1982/83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 76 4th 16 20th 29 3 0 0 0 2
OHA total 132 25th 74 99 186 34 4th 14th 18th 58
CPHL total 70 7th 25th 32 155 9 1 4th 5 21st
NHL overall 1040 106 333 439 592 130 19th 49 68 88

International

Represented Canada to:

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 5 0 2 2 0
1976 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 3 3 0
1979 NHL All-Stars Challenge Cup - 3 0 0 0 0
Men overall 15th 0 5 5 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Fischlers' Ice Hockey Encyclopedia. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1979, ISBN 0-690-01856-8 , p. 524.
  2. ^ Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Fischlers' Ice Hockey Encyclopedia. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1979, ISBN 0-690-01856-8 , p. 525.
  3. ^ Dan Diamond: The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2017. Triumph Books, Chicago, 2017, ISBN 978-1-62937-283-9 , p. 247.
  4. ^ Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Who's Who in Hockey. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 2003, ISBN 0-7407-1904-1 , p. 371.
  5. ^ Serge Savard: 1972 Summit Series. 1972summitseries.com, accessed December 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Savard, Serge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Savard, Serge Aubrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada