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Serge Aubrey Savard, OC, CQ (born January 22, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, most famously with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations with the Montreal Canadiens. He is also a local businessman in Montreal, and is nicknamed "the Senator." In 2017 Savard was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.[1]

Serge Savard
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1986
Savard in 2019
Born	(1946-01-22) January 22, 1946 (age 76) Landrienne, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Winnipeg Jets
National team	Canada
Playing career	1966–1983

Playing career

Savard played minor league hockey with the Montreal Junior Canadiens, then with the Omaha Knights. After playing with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens, he started playing with the Montreal Canadiens in 1966. In 1968–69, his second full NHL season, he led the Canadiens to a second consecutive Stanley Cup win, becoming the first defencemen to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player. In fifteen seasons with the Canadiens, Savard played on eight Stanley Cup championship teams: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. In 1979, he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance and dedication to the game. Savard played the last two seasons of his career with the Winnipeg Jets before retiring in 1983. Savard was the second last player of the Original Six era, as Wayne Cashman and his Boston Bruins advanced to the next round of the playoffs, while Winnipeg did not.

The "Savardian Spin-o-rama", which is a quick pivoting turn with the puck done in order to evade opponents, was coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan and named after Serge Savard, and not Denis Savard (who was adept at the same manoeuvre) as is often thought.[2] However, Serge did say that it was Doug Harvey, a Montreal defenseman whom Savard idolized, who inspired him to mimic the move Harvey had started.[3]

Savard played for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. Team Canada was 4-0-1 when Savard was in the starting lineup. He did not play in the opening loss at the Forum in Montreal but was in the starting lineup for games 2 and 3 in Toronto and Winnipeg (a win and tie, respectively). He suffered a hairline fracture in his leg which forced him to sit out Canada's losses in games 4 and 5. He returned to the lineup for games 6, 7, and 8, all wins for Canada.[4]

Post-playing career

After Savard retired as a player, he was named the general manager of the Canadiens, also serving as Manager of minor league team Sherbrooke Canadiens. Savard won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke in 1985. In 1986 and 1993 he was the general manager of the Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens.

In 1994 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2004, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. He is currently the chairman of the annual Canada Day festivities in Montreal.^{[citation needed]} He lived a few years in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec. His son Marc ran for the Liberal Party in the riding of Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert in the 2005 federal election but lost.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, he was ranked number 81 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.[5]

Since 1993, Savard has been a partner in a firm of real-estate developers, Thibault, Messier, Savard & Associates, based in Montreal.[6]

In September 2004, Savard was arrested in Montreal under suspicion of drunk driving. He pleaded not guilty in November 2004, but would later plead guilty in May 2006.[7]

On November 18, 2006, the Montreal Canadiens retired his jersey number (18) in a special ceremony at Bell Centre.[8]

In April 2012 after the dismissal of Pierre Gauthier, Montreal Canadiens Owner Geoff Molson called upon Savard to assist and advise him in the team's search for a new General Manager.

Savard was part owner in a resort called El Senador located in Cayo Coco, Cuba until it was sold in 2005.[9] The name was a reference to his nickname.

Awards

• Won Conn Smythe Trophy — 1969
• Named an NHL Second-Team All-Star — 1979
• Played in 4 NHL All-Star Games (1970, 1973, 1977, 1978)
• Played in the 1979 Challenge Cup
• Won Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy — 1979
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame — 1986
• In 1998, he was ranked number 81 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963–64	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA-Jr.		56	3	31	34	72		17	1	7	8	30
1965–65	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA-Jr.		56	14	33	47	81		7	2	3	5	8
1964–65	Omaha Knights	CPHL		2	0	0	0	0		4	0	1	1	4
1965–66	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA-Jr.		20	8	10	18	33		10	1	4	5	20
1966–67	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Houston Apollos	CPHL		68	7	25	32	155		5	1	3	4	17
1966–67	Quebec Aces	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	0	0	2
1967–68*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		67	2	13	15	34		6	2	0	2	0
1968–69*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		74	8	23	31	73		14	4	6	10	24
1969–70	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		64	12	19	31	38		—	—	—	—	—
1970–71*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		37	5	10	15	30		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		23	1	8	9	16		6	0	0	0	10
1972–73*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		74	7	32	39	58		17	3	8	11	22
1973–74	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		67	4	14	18	49		6	1	1	2	4
1974–75	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	20	40	60	64		11	1	7	8	2
1975–76*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		71	8	39	47	38		13	3	6	9	6
1976–77*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	9	33	42	35		14	2	7	9	2
1977–78*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		77	8	34	42	24		15	1	7	8	8
1978–79*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	7	26	33	30		16	2	7	9	6
1979–80	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		46	5	8	13	18		2	0	0	0	0
1980–81	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		77	4	13	17	30		3	0	0	0	0
1981–82	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		47	2	5	7	26		5	0	0	0	2
1982–83	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		76	4	16	20	29		3	0	0	0	2
NHL totals				1,040	106	333	439	592		130	19	49	68	88

* Stanley Cup Champion.

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972	Canada	SS		5	0	2	2	0
1976	Canada	CC		7	0	3	3	0
Senior totals				12	0	5	5	0

See also

• Captain
• List of NHL players with 1000 games played

References

• "One on One with Serge Savard" by Kevin Shea, December 16, 2003, retrieved August 10, 2006

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Yvan Cournoyer	Montreal Canadiens captain 1979–81	Succeeded by Bob Gainey
Preceded by Glenn Hall	Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy 1969	Succeeded by Bobby Orr
Preceded by Irving Grundman	General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens 1983–95	Succeeded by Rejean Houle

На других языках

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[de] Serge Savard

Serge Aubrey Savard, OC, CQ (* 22. Januar 1946 in Montréal, Québec) ist ein ehemaliger kanadischer Eishockeyspieler und -funktionär. Der Verteidiger absolvierte zwischen 1967 und 1983 über 1000 Spiele in der National Hockey League und galt dabei als einer der besten Spieler seiner Generation. Den Großteil seiner aktiven Karriere verbrachte er bei den Canadiens de Montréal, mit denen er insgesamt acht Mal den Stanley Cup gewinnen konnte und dabei im Jahre 1969 mit der Conn Smythe Trophy als wertvollster Spieler der Playoffs ausgezeichnet wurde. Nachdem er 1979 mit der Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy für Hingabe und Fairness geehrt wurde und bei den Canadiens zudem das Kapitänsamt bekleidet hatte, ließ er seine Laufbahn bei den Winnipeg Jets ausklingen. Auf internationaler Ebene nahm er mit der kanadischen Nationalmannschaft an der Summit Series 1972 teil und gewann mit ihr die Goldmedaille beim Canada Cup 1976.

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- [en] Serge Savard

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[ru] Савар, Серж

Серж Обри «Сенатор» Савар (фр. Serge Aubrey "The Senator" Savard; род. 29 января 1946, Монреаль, Квебек, Канада) — канадский хоккеист, защитник. С 1986-го по 1993 годы — генеральный менеджер «Монреаль Канадиенс». В данный момент старший вице-президент по хоккейным операциям «Монреаля». Провёл 17 сезонов в Национальной хоккейной лиге, большинство из них — 15 в «Монреаль Канадиенс» и 2 — в «Виннипег Джетс».

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