Steve Saviano
Stephen Saviano (born August 31, 1981) is a former American professional ice hockey left winger. He last played for the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2.
| Steve Saviano | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Saviano with Tappara in 2009 | |||
| Born |
August 31, 1981 Reading, Massachusetts, USA | ||
| 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 | ||
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Reading Memorial High School | HSMA | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Reading Memorial High School | HSMA | ||||||||||||
| 2000–01 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 40 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 42 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | University of New Hampshire | HE | 41 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 58 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 42 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Växjö Lakers | Allsv | 24 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tappara | SM-l | 56 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Tappara | SM-l | 57 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Växjö Lakers | Allsv | 52 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Växjö Lakers | Allsv | 52 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Växjö Lakers | SEL | 54 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Växjö Lakers | SEL | 55 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsv | 52 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Djurgårdens IF | SHL | 53 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Bolzano | AUT | 54 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Belfast Giants | GBR | 52 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Belfast Giants | GBR | 54 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Lausitzer Füchse | GER.2 | 50 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| ECHL totals | 100 | 39 | 83 | 122 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| Allsv totals | 180 | 55 | 77 | 132 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| SEL/SHL totals | 162 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- "HCB welcome two additions to squad". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- @BelfastGiants (June 7, 2016). "We are excited to welcome the newest member of 2016/17 @BelfastGiants...@SteveSaviano!! 🚨 #ThisIsBelfastWeAreGiants" (Tweet). Retrieved June 7, 2016 – via Twitter.
- @EIHLFanNews (April 1, 2019). "Former @BelfastGiants forward @SteveSaviano has announced his retirement.The 37 year old scored 115 points in 133…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "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